What set of circumstances are most likely to lead to a planet with a climate resembling the Great Plains?

Part of my story will be set on a planet where a culture similar to that of the Old West has arisen - cowboys, frontier towns, homesteaders, etc. In order to make this development more plausible, I want the entire surface of the planet, or large swathes of it, to be fairly similar in terms of climate and general nature to the Great Plains of America. The most important aspects here are the plain landscape, the infertile, dry soil, the extremely hot summers and freezing winters, the violent storms. Is there any specific scenario - a given orbit, a given star type, a given planet type, some set of planetary or solar characteristics - that would make this plausible?

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