July 1888 Issue [Article] The great American desert Download PDF Adjust Share by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 19th century Crops and climate Description and travel Design and construction Dugouts Economic aspects Emigration and immigration Farm mortgages Frontier and pioneer life Great Plains Hastings (Neb.) Homestead law Kansas Mitchell (S.D.) Nebraska Railroads Sod houses More from Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman Dakota sod house The first transcontinental railroad Adjust Share