Having lived in far western KS w/ work taking me to the western NE, eastern CO and OK & TX panhandles Yes, more specifically what is now known as the High Plains were identified by Long as the Great American Desert. Stephen Long's map of Great American Desert ; area south of the Republican River in NE Great American Desert, mapped by Stephen H. Long - Great American Desert - Wikipedia We had similar replicas in our offices. Here's some what Long observed. Cheyenne County KS (sans the dirt road) https://geokansas.ku.edu/sites/default/files/inline-images/CN-backroad.jpg
He wasn't aware of the Ogallala Aquifer. Here's what it faces today What is the Ogallala Aquifer? - North Texas e-News (ntxe-news.com) and High Plains Water Level Monitoring Study (usgs.gov) The High Plains region needs to end industrial cattle raising/slaughter for a less resource intensive more sustainable model and return to dryland farming. Doable but unlikely w/o overturning the corporate Ag model and our current economic system which is driven by its nature to wreak havoc on nature. Brian Gibbons -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9299): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9299 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83640128/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
