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America's First Successful Homestead

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America's First Successful Homestead

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In 1862, Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law. For just eighteen dollars, the law entitled men over twenty-one to claim 160 acres of land, provided they farmed it successfully for five years. From the Series: Aerial America: Nebraska http://bit.ly/2yebyrX

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