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Stephen H. Long

Stephen H. Long dubbed the Great Plains the "Great American Desert".
From the 1991 NET Television program Platte River Road.

The trappers, fur traders, and river men are generally given credit for exploring the West and opening it to settlement. The Army Corps of Engineers should also be credited. Stephen H. Long was a member of this group. Like most engineers, Long was college-trained and was willing to work with the modern technology of the time. Engineers were different from the ... Read more