I think being a pioneer by traveling by wagon trains is the most challenging experience between building a railroad and being a homesteader. In the text, it was a long hard journey because it was a 2,000 mile journey of dust storms and bumpy trails. Also, there was small wagons in the wagon trains and there was 800 pioneers on the trip. Additionally, there was 5,000 cattle all that to fit in 120 wagons. Then, there was bad weather which made crops die. Given these facts, I think being a pioneer by traveling by wagon trains was the hardest experience between building a railroad and being a homesteader.

 

 

            I think that “Building the Transcontinental Railroad” was the most challenging thing. For example, building the railroad was backbreaking work. Also, it was very hard to because the pioneers had to work in the rain, snow, heat, and the cold and it took a very long time to build the railroad. The pioneers worked day and night on the railroad. In conclusion, the building the railroad was very hard and possibly stressful for the pioneers.