1. What Shall I Be When I Grow Up?
Jobs of the West

2. Here Are Some to Consider:
Teacher
Governor
Surveyor
Wagon Builder
Trapper/Scout
Miner
Gambler/Gunfighter
Lawman/Sheriff
Gunsmith
Native American Chief

3. Emily Griffith, School Teacher
Emily Griffith began teaching at age 14 in a sod schoolhouse on the prairie.
Many of her students were immigrants who could not read or write.
Griffith had a dream to open a school where adults could learn new skills.
In 1916, Ms. Griffith opened the Opportunity School where she taught English, reading, writing, arithmetic, telegraphy, and industrial millinery (making hats for women).

4. Lew Wallace, Governor of New Mexico
Wallace was appointed in mid-1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes, who had been receiving reports about lawlessness in the rapidly growing territory.
Wallace arrived in Santa Fe in September The main priority of Wallace upon taking office was law and order.
Wallace negotiated with, and promised clemency to, a murderer named William Bonney, soon to become famous as Billy The Kid.
The governor's deal with Bonney quickly collapsed. After Bonney was convicted of murder, Wallace signed his death warrant and, when he escaped, ordered up the posse that shot The Kid dead.      

5. Lew Wallace, Governor of New Mexico
William Bonney
AKA Billy the Kid
Bank Robber and murderer
Rutherford B. Hayes
President of the United States

6. Trapper, Scout, Guide of American West
Kit Carson was a daring and brave mountain man. Kit Carson was also a fur trapper, army scout, and buffalo hunter.
From 1842 through 1846 John C. Fremont hired Kit as a guide for expeditions to the Northwest and California.
Carson guided Stephen W. Kearny's party from New Mexico to California during the Mexican War. His bravery saved the company.
Kit Carson was appointed in 1853 as Indian agent for Taos, New Mexico. Kit Carson helped calm the Apaches on several different occasions.
During the Civil War Kit Carson joined the Union's Army 1st New Mexican Volunteers and was promoted to brigadier general for his outstanding campaign record. 

7. Amiel Weeks, Surveyor
Whipple helped survey the new  boundary with Mexico west to  the Pacific. Since he had experienced firsthand the frequent dangers of the desert Southwest, Whipple was chosen by the War Department to direct the survey of the transcontinental  railroad. Whipple had frequent contacts with roving bands of Comanches and Kiowas, with whom he exchanged presents. At one point he peacefully but unsuccessfully sought to ransom some Mexican captives.

8. Charles Goodnight, Wagon Builder
The Studebaker was a sturdy wagon with steel axles that could withstand trail drives lasting up to 5 months.
Goodnight designed a chuck box and boot at the rear of his wagon. The chuck box was made of a number of shelves and drawers to hold what the cook would need over the course of the day.
When the hinged lid was dropped down, it served as a work surface. The boot carried the Dutch ovens and other cooking utensils needed to provide hot meal for cowboys on trail drives.
A water barrel was attached to the side of the wagon along with tool boxes, hooks, brackets and a coffee grinder.
By suspending a canvas beneath the wagon in hammock fashion, the cook had a convenient container for the wood he collected during each day's move.
The wagon box was used to carry the cowboys' bedrolls as well as bulk food supplies, feed for the horses, and what ever else was needed.

10. Miners
The mining work force consisted of American, Irish, Mexican, English, French, Australian, Chinese and South American men, mostly in their 20s.
They walked, rode, or sailed to the American West looking for a promising future.
These miners endured separation from family, back-breaking work, and numbing cold. Prospectors worked hoping to discover the mother lode.
They panned streams and searched mountains and hills for unusual coloration in the soil. Most sold their claims for a meager amount.
Camps were shantytowns consisting mostly of tents and lasting only several weeks before the next move. Less than one in 100 prospector's strikes resulted in the development of a town.
Miners helped to settle the West as railroads and cities were built to supply this growing industry.

12. Doc Holliday, Gambler / Gunfighter
Doc Holliday was a college educated, influential southern dentist.
Doc was diagnosed with tuberculosis and decided to change climates for medicinal purposes.
Doc Holliday moved west to live life to the fullest and became a gambler.  
Displaying a loyalty to his friends, Doc Holliday became a good gunfighter. This talent was used often to protect him in his gambling disputes.
Doc 's gun fighting talents were offered to protect his friends, usually with a double barrel shot gun.

13. Wyatt Earp, Lawman
Wyatt Earp is known as the fearless frontier lawman of Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas. Wyatt spent most of his years traveling in the Southwest with his four brothers Virgil, Morgan, James, and Warren.
In 1875 he arrived in Wichita, Kansas where he joined the police force. In 1876, he moved to Dodge City, Kansas where he became a dealer at the famous Long Branch Saloon and assistant marshal of the town.
On October 26, 1881, a feud developed between the Earp brothers and a gang led by Ike Clanton which ended in the most celebrated gunfight in western folklore -- the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Three of the Clanton gang were killed, while Ike and another wounded member escaped. The three Earp brothers -- Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan -- along with Doc Holliday survived. Both Morgan and Virgil were wounded.
In March, 1882 Morgan Earp was gunned down by unknown assassins. Wyatt, along with his brother Warren and some friends, embarked on a vendetta during which all four suspects were eventually killed.
After being accused of these murders, Wyatt fled Arizona to Colorado and made the rounds of western mining camps over the next few years.
In 1897 Wyatt headed for Nome, Alaska where he operated a saloon during the height of the Alaska Gold Rush. He returned to the states in 1901 with an estimated $80,000.

14. Frederick C. Zimmerman, Gunsmith
The F.C. Zimmermann Hardware store was one of the most profitable Dodge City businesses. Zimmermann engaged in selling guns on commission and repairing fire-arms.
Zimmerman was frequently ordered to leave town because he was against gambling and the saloon gang of Dodge City.
On one occasion they sent him a valentine indicating in a cartoon how he would be disposed of if he did not go.
Mr. Zimmermann stuck it up in his window and forgot the threat.
He was absolutely without fear, and no threats coming from any man would discourage him from his straight and narrow path of duty.

15. Chief Crazy Horse
During his life he was a great leader of his people. He did not have an equal as a warrior or a chief. He gave submissive allegiance to no man and claimed his rights to wander at will over the hunting grounds of his people.
He never registered at any agency; never touched the pen; never signed a treaty. He wanted only peace and a way of living for his people without having to live on the white man's reservations.
Crazy Horse defended his people after he saw the treaty of 1868 broken. This treaty, signed by the President of the United States said, "Paha Sapa, the Black Hills, will forever and ever be the sacred land of the Indians."
He took to war only after he saw his friend Conquering Bear killed; only after he saw the failure of the government agents to bring required treaty guarantees such as meat, clothing, tents, and necessities for existence. In battle the Sioux war leader would rally his warriors with the cry, "It is a good day to fight;--it is a good day to die."
He drew a knife and attempted to get to his Indian friends outside the stockade. Little Big Man, friend and warrior companion of Crazy Horse, carrying out his orders as an Indian policeman, seized Crazy Horse's arms. In struggling to free himself, Crazy Horse slashed Little Big Man's wrist.
At this point, an infantry man of the guard made a successful lunge with a bayonet and Crazy Horse was mortally wounded.

16. What Shall I Be When I Grow Up?
What Will BE Your
Career Choice ?

17. What Will Be Your Next Career?
Teacher
Governor
Surveyor
Wagon Builder
Trapper/Scout
Miner
Gambler/Gunfighter
Lawman/Sheriff
Gunsmith
Native American Chief