1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act
2http://www.lakesnwoods.com/HinesHistory.htm
President Abraham Lincoln
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
Monday, May 20, 2013
On This Date in Minnesota History: May 20
May 20, 1862 - The Homestead Act of 1862 was signed into law by President Abraham
Lincoln on this date. It gave settlers west of the Mississippi River1
“160 acres of public land, free, to settlers who lived on it and cultivated it
for five years. This period could be shortened to six months,
however, with the payment of $1.25 an acre.”2
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act
2http://www.lakesnwoods.com/HinesHistory.htm
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act
2http://www.lakesnwoods.com/HinesHistory.htm
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