Patton

age 30

sex Male

occupation Environmental Technican

The questions of the research:

I.) What words/phrases come to your mind, when you hear “pioneer”?
Freedom, trailblazer, discovery

II.) When I think of a "pioneer" the following pictures come to my mind:
Coonskin hats, Rifles, wagons, wide open spaces

III.) Continue the following phrases:

a.) A pioneer always …
Lives with danger, explores, is self reliant, is individualistic

b.) A pioneer never …
Accepts things as they are or stays in place for too long.

IV. Do you know any famous pioneers (if "yes", give their names)?
Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Brigham Young, John Reiser, Lewis and Clark

Midkit

Patton,
Thank you very much for your help!
Could you please explain what is "environmental technician"? I've never heard of it and couldn't find the translation.

P.S. The research is still on stream, so we are looking forward to more replies Thanks.

Patton

It's basically someone who works with industry and property developers to ensure the property is in compliance with federal and state government environmental regulations. I'd collect samples or monitor water discharge, soil, paint; run some tests on the sample, then drive the sample to a lab where they would do more tests.

drago

Information about you:

age - 28

sex - Male

occupation - Finance manager

The questions of the research:

I.) What words/phrases come to your mind, when you hear “pioneer”?
Wild west. someone searching for and/or inhabiting new territory (to whites anyway)


II.) When I think of a "pioneer" the following pictures come to my mind:
fur hat, one shot rifle, encroachment of land


III.) Continue the following phrases:

a.) A pioneer always …
is looking for something better


b.) A pioneer never …
thinks of anyone outside of his/her family or race


IV. Do you know any famous pioneers (if "yes", give their names)?
went to a college with the nick name of Pioneers. Does that count?

beetle

I feel obligated to respond because I live in St. Louis, Missouri. The city is known as "The Gateway to the West" because many 19th-century pioneers traveled through St. Louis while on their journey to settling in regions of the western US. The city has a large monument - an arch - on the riverfront of the Mississippi River to commemorate its historic past as a thoroughfare for persons and families migrating west.

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Male

Families seeking parcels of land on which to live and farm in western US territories. "Pioneer" also brings to mind persons and families who settled in territories east of the Mississippi River such as in Kentucky and Indiana which, in early US history, were considered western territories.

A family traveling in a horse-drawn wagon along a dirt road on an immense plain or prairie.

Travels west.

Returns east.

No. Though the populating of the US west of the Mississippi involved a vast migration or movement of peoples, I suppose they were just ordinary people looking for a place to settle down, live their lives, raise families, etc. (Although it seems the Mormons were forced to migrate west, as their presence in Illinois was unacceptable to the communites there.)

May I add one more thing? This 19th-century era of immigration to territories in the western US always brings to my mind the famous quote by the newspaper editor Horace Greeley: "Head west, young man!" His advice to young men of the time who sought to live successful lives was to go west.

Fillmore x 1856

age .....22

sex....male

occupation....delivery driver

The questions of the research:

I.) What words/phrases come to your mind, when you hear “pioneer”?

sharpshooter, Kentucky, innovation, risk, strong, collected, brave

II.) When I think of a "pioneer" the following pictures come to my mind:

An explorer dressed in animal skins, making their way through unchartered territory.....A man tinkering in his basement with a new, unheard of device....A business owner trying strategies that have never been tried before

III.) Continue the following phrases:

a.) A pioneer always … thinks outside the box

b.) A pioneer never … fears the unknown

IV. Do you know any famous pioneers (if "yes", give their names)?

Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett, Merriwheather Lewis, Andrew Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Booker T. Washington.

Midkit

Thanks to everybody who answered while I was away!
drago,
beetle
Fillmore x 1856, Thank you so much!

This forum is the only one on which I still get new replies (I started this questionnaire on several forums and after 3-5 days there were no more answers. And we need at least 100 to be objective!!!)

Midkit

Thanks for the explanations! I guessed something like that, but I was not sure

Midkit

I'm sure we'll use this information in this or that way

Midkit

beetle, these words brought one question to my mind. Do you consider the first people coming to the New World (1607, 1620) as Pioneers??? Or are "pioneers" only people migrating to the West in 19th century? And weren't there any explorer in the 17-18 centuries???