Asked by Makayla

The first non-Indigenous people to travel and explore the West were:

gold prospectors
missionaries
fur traders
farmers

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
fur traders

They were active in the West earlier than missionaries, farmers, or gold prospectors—starting in the 17th–18th centuries (voyageurs, coureurs des bois, and later mountain men/trappers).