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American Agriculture History Minute: Homestead Act of 1862 - Southeast AgNET

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Act of May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act), Public Law 37-64 (12 STAT 392)-page 1The U.S. National Archives, Public domain / via Wikimedia Commons image American Agriculture History Minute: Homestead Act of 1862 Promoted Agriculture I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The federal government issued 160-acre tracts to about 400,000 families who settled a new land under the Homestead Act 1862. Even larger numbers purchased lands a…
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Southeast AgNET broke the news in on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
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