Climate in the Great Plains is extreme, decidedly western, and dramatic. The Great Plains is different from the United States in four ways. The climate, precipitation, soil, and vegetation differentiate the Great Plains and the United States. In the Great Plains, land loses heat faster than water. The lands that are not as close to water bodies, are more extreme. The weather tends to be very cold in the winter and hot/windy in the summer. Because of the extreme weather on the Great Plains, there are thunder storms and hail that precede violent tornadoes.
Cowboys were people who lived in the Great Plains. They rode horseback and herded cattle. Cowboys became the American icon, although they were hired hands. They did not own the land, they worked it. The cowboy was a person who drove pickup trucks and lived in log cabin mansions. According to the Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, cowboys come from different backgrounds. Some grew up around the cattle and others became cowboys when they ran away from their home searching for a new life and jobs. A cowboy's hat became a symbol of the American West.
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