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Every explorer who came to the Great Plains was never looking for what it possessed. The Great Plains may have been interesting to them or it may have not, but one thing was understood and that is that the plain were desert. It may have its desert like qualities, such as the blowing sand hills, but the travelers were describing the emptiness and endless that they encountered. This “newly discovered” place that was deserted of life did not have what the French or Spanish explorers were in search of. The only people who saw interest in this place were the people who looked to expand civilization and their country. This is where the Americans and Canadians succeed they looked to obtain the fruits of the plains and to conquer the new life that it would offer.

I think it is still interesting how people still view the great plains are bare and worthless, more like a true desert. The plain have a lot to offer, but what really gets me is that people still are not taking away all that the Great Plains offer. Many people are falling into a common way of doing things and are influence by cultures outside of the plains. Trends and technology seem to lead people thoughts away from what is around them and to the easy or common way of doing things. Why can’t people take the time and effort to stop and look around? The Great Plains can be explored at a deeper level to solve the problems at hand; in doing so we would become more in-turned with the given environment and be closer to a sustainable life within the Great Plains.