Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Park Ranger Amber Kirkendall with the Homestead National Historical Park talked about the Homestead Act of 1862 and provided a tour of a home on the ...

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. The act provided settlers with 160 acres of surveyed public land after payment of a filing fee and five years of continuous ...

At the end of this year in which election results reinserted immigration into the political conversation, remember that 2012 is the 150th anniversary of "the first comprehensive immigration law." This ...

On this day in 1869, Omaha hosted its first public sale of land under the provisions of the Homestead Act of 1862. The sale marked a key moment in the organized settlement of Nebraska’s eastern ...

With real estate prices going up and up these days, it is difficult to imagine a time when oceanfront or riverfront property was free. In 1862, Congress passed a Homestead Act which offered as many as ...