| Who Came | Why They Came | Why They Left | How They Changed the Land | How They Met their Needs and Wants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals | searching for food | food was gone | left trail and ate some of the grass, berries, and shrubs | by finding food to eat |
| Native Americans | to hunt buffalos | the buffalo moved on | kept the buffalo numbers down | by using the buffalo and its hides to survive |
| Settlers | heading for California | continued to California | bulit houses, logged, and cleared trees | built houses, grew crops, made farms, and settled the land |
| Ruby's Family | didn't continue to California; stayed to have a family | children grew up: Ruby moved away, her family stayed | bulit houses, logged, and cleared trees | built houses, grew crops, made farms, and settled the land |
| Ruby's Brother | was born into a settler's family | his children had grown up so he left | planted maple trees in front of the house to keep dust out | grew crops, traded crops for other goods and services, spun their own yarn |
| Ruby's Niece | was born to Ruby's brother | her children were grown | put fence around property | fenced the land, farmed large areas with a tractor; raised crops to sell to get money to buy other goods and services |
| School Teacher | liked the house and farm | moved to new town and job | sold much of the farm and land; paved the road with bricks | a place to live close to the school where he taught; shelter for family; earned money to buy goods and services |
| Young Couple | wonderful place for a home | job in another town | built new house after the old one was torn down | built new house near his job; earned money to buy goods and services |
| Crissy, Jenny | job in town | still living there | put in a garden | grew crops in the garden |
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