Homestead Settlements

Links to Lincoln - Gillette News Record
When the U.S. Congress approved the Homestead Act in 1862, which Abraham Lincoln signed into law, it opened the West to emigrants seeking homes and land of their own. The law took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, and is credited with opening the territories

Links to Lincoln - Gillette News Record
When the U.S. Congress approved the Homestead Act in 1862, which Abraham Lincoln signed into law, it opened the West to emigrants seeking homes and land of their own. The law took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, and is credited with opening the territories

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