The Homestead Act attracted thousands of settlers to The West with 160 acres of free land. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided that any citizen who had never borne arms against the U.S. government ...

“There are some half dozen families in this neighborhood at the present look up eligible spot to enter land, under the provisions of the Homestead Bill.” Westward expansion fueled by Homestead Act ...

In 1862 the US government introduced a Homestead Act. The aim of this was to encourage people to move west. They were offered 160 acres of land for free, as long as they lived on it and farmed it ...

“There are some half dozen families in this neighborhood at the present look up eligible spot to enter land, under the provisions of the Homestead Bill.” — Dunn County Lumberman, June 14 ...