1804 P. Gass 2 Sept. (1807) 34 There is handsome prairie land on the south.
1907 29 July 15/3 Half a century ago, before the prairie lands had been broken up for cereal cultivation.
1992 A. W. Eckert 917 The isolated groves of dense forest that existed here and there in the vast prairie lands extending from northern Ohio westward.