How did mapmakers refer to the great plains region of the united states between 1825 and 1860?

The Great American Desert

The Great Plains stretch from the Mississippi river in the East to the Rocky mountains in the West. The Great American Desert was the name given to the Plains in the first half of the nineteenth century. The plains are located to the area west of the Mississippi river.

It was Barack Obama’s Mother. She was named Stanley Ann Dunham. As she says she was named after her father because he wanted a son.  But other relatives said that her mother named her after actress  Bette Davis’ character from the film “In this our life” because she was her favorite actress and she thought that name Stanley as girl’s name will sound more mature. She was teased a lot because of her name. after she went to college she was known by her middle name Ann Dunham.