Homesteaders grabbed free acres and used the earth itself to build the American dream. They crossed the great grasslands of the United States, powered by the American dream: land, a home. When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act in 1862, pioneers were promised 160 acres, free. The condition: Live on the land and cultivate it …
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