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The great plains were considered to be a "desert" (to some extent this was confirmed when people later settled there in the 1920s and through improper erosion control farming practices followed by a several year drought, brought about the dust bowl during the 1930s).

This land is actually very fertile, but only with modern irrigation and erosion control practices that were not available to the pioneers in the 1800s.

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the migration to the east coast to Europe slowed it down

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Q: Why was the settlement of the great plains slow to come with settlers passing it by for the west coast?
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