How were people able to live in the American southwest before the advent of air conditioning? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

How were people able to live in the American southwest before the advent of air conditioning?

by 0xE4-0x20-0xE6

I’m thinking of settler outposts in places like the Great Basin in what is now Nevada, as well as Native American tribes around this area.

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More can be said, but consider How did Native Americans in the American Southwest, where it regularly exceeds 100 degrees in the summer, stay cool? written by u/AlotOfReading