Introduction 1
What is the Great Plains? 5
The Great Plains—its parts 7
Early history 10
Warping and stream deposition 11
Sculpturing the land 18
Landforms of today—The surface features of the Great Plains 19
Black Hills 20
Central Texas Uplift 22
Raton Section 23
High Plains 25
Missouri Plateau 32
Preglacial Drainage 33
Glaciated Missouri Plateau 33
Unglaciated Missouri Plateau 36
The Colorado Piedmont 42
Pecos Valley 45
Edwards Plateau 46
Plains Border Section 48
Epilogue 49
Acknowledgments 49
Some source references 50