Homestead National Historical Park - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Homestead National Historical Park - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Homestead National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System known as the Homestead National Monument of America prior to 2021, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred from public to private ownership. Read more on Wikipedia
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