The Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was a landmark U.S. law that encouraged westward expansion by ...

KEARNEY — Nancy Gillis, the former executive director of the John Neihardt State Historic Site in Bancroft, will examine why and how the Homestead Act of 1862 changed the lives and altered the future ...

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 ...

The Homestead Act attracted thousands of settlers to The West with 160 acres of free land. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided that any citizen who had never borne arms against the U.S. government ...

PICABO • Four generations of Picabo ranchers headed to Beatrice, Neb., this weekend to celebrate the 150th anniversary of The Homestead Act of 1862.

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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Winifred Gallagher explained the Homestead Act of 1862 and how it impacted women in the West. Historian Winifred Gallagher explained the ...