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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Park Ranger Amber Kirkendall with the Homestead National Historical Park talked about the Homestead Act of 1862 and provided a tour of a home on the ...

At the end of this year in which election results reinserted immigration into the political conversation, remember that 2012 is the 150th anniversary of "the first comprehensive immigration law." This ...

Free land claims have a long history in the U.S., going back as far as the 1862 Homestead Act that granted citizens and intended citizens government land to live on and cultivate. However, the program ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A group in Colorado has fenced a parcel of U.S. Forest Service Land in an attempt to claim the land under the Homestead Act of 1862. According to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office, ...

Crumbling wooden shacks and sagging windmills dot the landscape in this state. They are tucked into the woods and can be found off highways and dirt roads — all these remnants left behind. In his ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

With real estate prices going up and up these days, it is difficult to imagine a time when oceanfront or riverfront property was free. In 1862, Congress passed a Homestead Act which offered as many as ...

The term “homestead” has several meanings, so I will start off by being clear about the topic. “Homestead” sometimes denotes a home and surrounding land occupied by a family. However, the situation I ...