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Homestead Acts

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other half from the patent (certificate) fee. The homesteader did not get a certificate or patent until they or their heirs filed, after 5 years (but before 7 years), further affidavits from two neighbors or "credible witnesses" and an additional $ 8 fee. Those affidavits affirmed the 5 years of residence or cultivation and that "no part of said land has been alienated , and that he has borne true allegiance to the Government of the United States".
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or a "head of household" (such as a parent or surviving sibling supporting a family), a citizen or an immigrant declaring to become a citizen, and a resident on that land for a minimum of 14 months. To get permanent title to the land, the person had to accomplish certain actions, such as continue to reside on it or improve it for at least five years; they could not leave or abandon it for more than six months at a time.
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is 660 feet long and 330 feet wide, or its equivalent. The property was to be improved with a building. Starting July 1955, improvement was required to be minimum of 400 sq. feet of space. 4,000 previously classified Small Tracts were offered at public auction at fair market value, circa 1958, by the Los Angeles Office of BLM.
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The Homestead act expanded, rather than changed, the 1841 Preemption Act. The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $ 1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $ 2.50 per acre), and they could
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depicts some early homesteaders in Wyoming opposed by a cattle baron who abuses, threatens and terrorizes them, calling them "pig farmers," "sod-busters," "squatters" and other taunts and insults. When the rancher gets violent, the homesteaders are divided over whether to leave or to hold onto their
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In 1938 Congress passed a law, called the Small Tract Act (STA) of 1938, by which it is possible for any citizen to obtain certain lands from the Federal Government for residence, recreation, or business purposes. These tracts may not usually be larger than 5 acres. A 5-acre tract would be one which
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Because the US government did not issue fee waivers, many poor non-reservation Natives were unable to pay filing fees to claim homesteads. Access to such homesteads was further complicated by delays in resolving border disputes due to distance and discord between the US Land Office and the Bureau of
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The homestead application must be "made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not either directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever". The acquired land would not be
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which allowed any white settler to claim a maximum of six hundred and forty acres. The Land Donation Act, however, also acknowledged women's property rights due to Congress allowing the donation of four hundred acres to settlers—land that could be claimed by heads of households—including women. This
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After filing an affidavit with the government's agent, and paying him a $ 10 fee, the homesteader could begin occupying their claim. The government agent received the same fee for homestead land as he would have received if that land was sold for cash, 1/2 from the homesteader's filing fee and the
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was still a powerful influence in American politics during the 1840–1850s, with many politicians believing a homestead act would help increase the number of "virtuous yeomen". The Free Soil Party of 1848–52, and the new Republican Party after 1854, demanded that the new lands opening up in the west
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The Preemption Act of 1841 allowed settlers to claim up to 160 acres of federal land for themselves and prevent its sale to others including large landowners or corporations; they paid only a low fixed price of $ 1.25 per acre ($ 3.09 per hectare). To qualify, a person had to be either 21 years old
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States' economic power, these tribes had little leverage and millions of acres of land were transferred from their ownership. It was difficult for indigenous people to legally challenge this infringement because they lacked legal rights and legal standing. These treaties were used to naturalize and
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1.6 million homesteads and distributed 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi) of federal land for private ownership. This was a total of 10% of all land in the United States. Homesteading was discontinued in 1976, except in Alaska, where it continued until 1986. About 40% of the applicants who
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The time requirement for residence or cultivation was set at 5 years; if it was proven "after due notice" that they moved residence or abandoned the land for more than six months at a time, then the land reverted to the government. A homesteader could also pay the $ 1.25 (or the current rate) per
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emphasized fraudulent episodes, and historians largely turned away from the issue. In recent decades, however, the argument has mostly been that on the whole fraud was a relatively minor element and that strongly positive impacts regarding women and the family have only recently been appreciated.
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The 1862 Homestead Act did not include indigenous peoples, so Congress passed the Indian Homestead Act to give Native family heads the opportunity to purchase homesteads from unclaimed public lands. This was under the condition that the individual relinquished their tribal identity and relations,
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The new act also required that the person "has never borne arms against the United States Government or given aid and comfort to its enemies"; unlike the 1848 and 1850 laws, it did not have any provision mentioning race. The act insured adult U.S. citizens 160 acres of land from the government to
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In addition to the previous requirement in the Preemption Act of being either 21 years old or the head of a family, the 1862 act also allowed for persons under 21 who had served in the regular or volunteer forces of the U.S. army or navy for at least 14 days during "the existence of an actual war
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and reservations, causing a gradual decrease in this indigenous land. Many of these land-grabs occurred during and after treaty negotiations between indigenous tribes and the United States. Native Americans often traded their land in exchange for citizenship and civil rights. Due to the United
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If both parents died and all the children were under 21, an executor under state law could sell (for the benefit of the children, and not the estate) an absolute title to the land within two years of the parent's death. The purchaser would pay office fees for a patent to the land.
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The Timber Culture Act granted up to 160 acres of land to a homesteader who would plant at least 40 acres (revised to 10) of trees over a period of several years. This quarter-section could be added to an existing homestead claim, offering a total of 320 acres to a settler.
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did not expand the scope of the 1860 Province of Canada Act (which modern day Quebec was part of in 1860), but did provide in 1868 that such lands were exempt from seizure, and chattels thereon were also exempt for the first ten years of occupation. Later known as the
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This Homestead Acts also resulted in tensions between settlers and indigenous people, partly due to settlers moving onto indigenous territory while it was still occupied. Settlements excused Indian removal and culminated in multiple wars waged by settler militia.
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For a number of years individual Congressmen put forward bills providing for homesteading, but it was not until 1862 that the first homestead act was passed. The Homestead Act of 1862 opened up millions of acres. Any adult who had never taken up arms against the
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found that 70 percent of economists and 84 percent of economic historians disagreed with the statement "Nineteenth-century U.S. land policy, which attempted to give away free land, probably represented a net drain on the productive capacity of the country."
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The intent of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to reduce the cost of homesteading under the Preemption Act; after the South seceded and their delegates left Congress in 1861, the Republicans and supporters from the upper South passed a homestead act signed by
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As an indirect, de facto way to secure the dispossessed land, the US government allowed late homesteading during the early twentieth century. This acted as a way to solidify settlements and permanently disrupt tribal land practices in the face of backlash.
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Settlers found land and filed their claims at the regional land office, usually in individual family units, although others formed closer-knit communities. Often, the homestead consisted of several buildings or structures besides the main house.
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had to be cleared. The land was forfeited if they didn't clear enough bush. Further amendments were made in 1877, 1882 and 1885, adding details such as pastoral and perpetual leases and village and special settlements. This contributed to rapid
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It was not very successful, as even the low prices and fees were often too much for the applicants to afford. The land made available was also mostly undeveloped forestry, and only white people had the means to make them productive.
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Some scholars believe the acreage limits were reasonable when the act was written but argue that no one understood the physical conditions of the plains. After a few generations, a family could build up a sizable estate.
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provided for free grants of land upon proof of possession for twenty years prior to 1977, with continuous use for agricultural, business or residential purposes during that time. Similar programs continued to operate in
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in southwestern Alaska. He fulfilled all requirements of the homestead act in 1979 but did not receive his deed until May 1988. He is the last person to receive a title to land claimed under the Homestead Acts.
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of north-central Nebraska required more than 160 acres for a claimant to support a family, Congress passed the Kinkaid Act, which granted larger homestead tracts, up to 640 acres, to homesteaders in Nebraska.
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resources as much of the land they relied on was taken by the federal government and sold to settlers. Native ancestral lands had been limited through history, mainly through
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A massive influx of these new farmers, combined with inappropriate cultivation techniques and misunderstanding of the ecology, led to immense land erosion and eventually the
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of 1976 ended homesteading; by that time, federal government policy had shifted to retaining control of western public lands. The only exception to this new policy was in
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Felix Rohayton, 'Five: The Homestead Act' in Bold Endeavours: How Our Government Built America, And Why It Must Rebuild Now (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009), p. 87
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along with the land improvement requirements. The federal land title was not officially granted to Native Americans until a period of five years had passed.
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just paying the cost of a survey. They had to live there for five years, build a house and cultivate a third of the land, if already open, or a fifth if
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be made available to independent farmers, rather than wealthy planters who would develop it with the use of slaves forcing the yeomen farmers onto
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Robert Higgs argues that the Homestead Act induced no long-term misallocation of resources. In 1995, a random survey of 178 members of the
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Hannah L. Anderson, 'That Settles It: The Debate and Consequences of the Homestead Act of 1862', The History Teacher 45.1 (2011), p. 101
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Wilm, Julius. "'The Indians must yield': Antebellum Free Land, the Homestead Act, and the Displacement of Native Peoples."
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The Homestead Acts were sometimes abused, but historians continue to debate the extent. In the 1950s and 1960s, historians
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started the process were able to complete it and obtain title to their homesteaded land after paying a small fee in cash.
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The Oregon Land Donation Act of 1850 had many negative effects on Indigenous people as well as Black people in the
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American Singularity: The 1787 Northwest Ordinance, the 1862 Homestead and Morrill Acts, and the 1944 G.I. Bill
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Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860 By Henry Walcott Farnam, 2000, P.138
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used the term Homestead, with allocation administered by a Crown Lands Board. There was similar legislation in
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in 1868, which introduced a conditional scheme to an existing free grant plan previously authorized by the
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who wanted to buy up large tracts of land and use slave labor, thereby shutting out free white farmers.
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Edwards, Richard. (2009) "Changing perceptions of homesteading as a policy of public domain disposal."
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Phillips, Sarah (2000). "Antebellum Agricultural Reform, Republican Ideology, and Sectional Tension".
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act differed from the Homestead Act of 1866 due to the ineligibility of Black citizens from applying.
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The last claim under this Act was made by Ken Deardorff for 80 acres (32 ha) of land on the
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Richard Edwards, "Changing perceptions of homesteading as a policy of public domain disposal."
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famously coined the phrase "Vote Yourself a Farm" in a bid to garner support for the movement.
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Shanks, Trina R.W. "The Homestead Act: A major asset-building policy in American history." in
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were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of
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on May 20, 1862, which went into effect on Jan. 1st, 1863. Its leading advocates were
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acre price after proof of the less-stringent requirements set in the Preemption Act.
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claims. A drifter working on one of the homesteads reluctantly tries to take action.
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Several additional laws were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The
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expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.
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could apply. Women and immigrants who had applied for citizenship were eligible.
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who wanted individual farmers to own and operate their own farms, as opposed to
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https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/genealogy-fair/2014/other-land-acts.pdf
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decided that all land not cultivated by Māori was 'waste land' and belonged to
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until 1970. In the early 21st century, some land is still being granted in the
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Land-grant laws similar to the Homestead Acts had been proposed by northern
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liable for any debts incurred prior to the issuance of the patent for it.
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Certificate of homestead in Nebraska given under the Homestead Act, 1862
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Richard Edwards, "Invited Essay: The New Learning about Homesteading."
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homesteader in South Dakota shortly after the turn of the 20th century.
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prior to Civil War but they had been repeatedly blocked in Congress by
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Muhammad, Andrew; Sichko, Christopher; Olsson, Tore C. (March 2024).
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The Homestead Act of 1862 gave rise later to a new phenomenon, large
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Renewed interest in homesteading was brought about by U.S. President
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Smith, Sherry L. "Single women homesteaders: the perplexing case of
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Some Political Aspects of Homestead Legislation by John Bell Sanborn
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For African Americans that settled in the West and the Midwest, see
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The Donation Land Claim Act allowed settlers to claim land in the
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sought to address land ownership inequalities in the south during
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Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu.
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Indian Affairs. This made white settlements easier to finalize.
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who wanted western lands open for purchase by slave owners. The
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Richard Edwards, Jacob K. Friefeld, and Rebecca S. Wingo, eds.
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series describes her father and family claiming a homestead in
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depicts the homestead development of an eastern Colorado town.
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Index

Homesteaders
Homesteading

North Dakota
government land
public domain
homestead
Mississippi River
homestead principle
Free Soil
Northerners
Southern
slave owners
federal government of the United States
Southern Homestead Act of 1866
Reconstruction
Republicans
Democrats
Homestead Act of 1860
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Freeman
granted
Native American
land allotments
civilize
Buffalo soldiers
Preemption Act of 1841
Donation Land Claim Act
Oregon Territory

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