they came in the 1850s
1783
It was called the Great American Desert.
The passage of the Homestead Acts led many settlers to the Great Plains states. These acts gave ownership of land to settlers at little to no cost.
The settlers on the Great Plains gave up and moved because they wanted to explore. They could not thrive in the Great Plains.
natives.
1783
by growing there food
Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains.
The great plains were a very dry place. People made there houses out of mud and straw
To build houses
great plains
The white settlers on the Great Plains were accustomed to building houses with wood. There was not enough wood on the Plains to build a house. Later when rail transportation was built wood could be brought in on trains.