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The scarcity of water.
By the time there was anyone settling the Great Plains in the 1800's few were European immigrants. The settlement of the plains came as small homesteads and farms. The plains still exist as it did over a 100 years ago. Great expanses of grasslands still exist and the ruts of covered wagon wheels can still be seen. Most of the people were heading to California , Oregon, or Washington instead of staying in the plains area. Life in,the plains was hard with no trees, little water, and the weather could range from hot days to blizzards.
natural grassland; fields of corn
On the great plains, the homes of settlers were called homesteads. These types of people were farmers, cowboys, miners and railroad workers. Also ranchers and single workers settled here.
There are numerous reasons for the decision I'm sure, however the most obvious answer would have to be that the earliest settlers were attracted to the Great Plains by the abundance of game as well as the fertile soil for crops.
copper and gold The California Gold Rush brought many out West.
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It was called the Great American Desert.
they came in the 1850s
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.
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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