Have you ever been to a place so wide open that it looked as though both land and sky could go on forever? A is such a place - a vast, flat grassland. Often, you can for miles without seeing a single tree. But you might get a peek at a prairie dog or hear a howl in the distance. Life on the prairie farm in the early 1900s was very difficult from life today. There were not TVs or radios for entertainment, prairie families listened to if they were lucky enough to have them. Water was not available from the faucet and had to be brought in from a well. If there was a , or dry spell, crops died and the livestock in went thirsty.