The Great Plains became home to thousands of people after Congress passed the Homestead Act in 1862. Most of the settlers farmed their land or grazed cattle. The farmers plowed the prairie grasses ...

Next is “Call of the Prairie” by Lisa Galvin, a musical journey through the American West that uses folk-inspired melodies, rich harmonies and flowing rhythms to paint a vivid picture of the wide-open ...

While Montana ranks near the top for its potential to produce energy from wind, the Treasure State is in 24th place for ...

The American buffalo, or bison, was once the beating heart of the Great Plains. These massive animals ... animals’ bodies were left to rot on the prairie. In just a few decades, this relentless ...

Surrounded by the largest protected tallgrass prairie in the world ... when the town was at the heart of Oklahoma’s oil boom. (Doubles B&B at Frontier Hotel from $186 per night ...

This bestselling author found inspiration in the economic turmoil of Detroit for ... Ellison left his home of Oklahoma City to pursue music at the Tuskegee Institute. It wasn't until Langston ...

Thousands in Missouri were without power. While heavy rain was subsiding in Texas and Oklahoma by late Sunday afternoon, additional heavy rain is expected across parts of the Plains this week, Oravec ...

Kansas State University and Hy-Plains Feedyard have partnered to launch a three-year educational program designed to promote sustainable grazing practices in the Flint Hills region of Kansas and ...

The economic impact on the region was similarly ... The government also introduced the Prairie States Forestry Project to plant extensive windbreaks across the Great Plains. Between 1934 and 1942, ...

The Sam Noble Oklahoma ... the economy through tourism in addition to providing recreational opportunities, such as canoeing, kayaking and viewing wildlife. Park Superintendent Ethan White Calfe said ...

In several sizeable areas of the Plains conditions improved significantly. Meanwhile, rainfall was negligible (several tenths ...