While land was essentially free under the Homestead Act, all other farm necessities cost money and were initially difficult to obtain in the newly settled parts of the country where market …

Oct 31, 2025 · The Homestead Acts—a series of federal laws passed between 1862 and 1916—granted 160-acre sections of public land, called homesteads, to Americans at very little …

It is one of the few pioneer dwellings still standing in the Badlands today. A homestead at last! Many eastern families who longed for the opportunity to own and farm a plot of land of their …

May 26, 2025 · In a quiet, forgotten stretch of the American West, a late 1800s log cabin endures in slow collapse—its walls weathered, its purpose long faded. The property captures …

Homesteading in the United States during the 1800s was a period of land acquisition and settlement that played a critical role in shaping the nation’s identity and economic growth.

May 24, 2019 · Simple homesteading of this era means you learn how to knit, spin and weave, and use only your own feet (or those of a horse) for transportation. Dig your own well, do your …

Homestead Movement, in U.S. history, movement that promoted the free ownership of land in the Midwest, Great Plains, and the West by people willing to settle on and cultivate it. The …

Though beautiful, this northwest corner of America was isolated and difficult to homestead due to inhospitable weather and overwhelming forests. Under the Homestead Act of 1862, an …

Oct 30, 2023 · In the 1800's, life was filled with log cabins, blacksmiths, railroads, and many more things that you would not find in today's time. With Parker Homestead, we are able to go back …

Of the hundreds of thousands of settlers who moved west, the vast majority were homesteaders. These pioneers, like the Ingalls family of Little House on the Prairie book and television fame …