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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 2015
Page
12
The Homestead Act of 1862 opened 160 acre family farms to citizens or future citizens. Many failed after five years due to hard plowing and long travel. Women and children bore heavy domestic and farm duties while communities built schools early on to educate children.
The Homestead National Monument of Beatrice Nebraska features a 2007 Heritage Center museum and exhibit space built on Daniel Freeman’s 1862 homestead site.
Kenneth Deardorff was the final recipient under the Homestead Act, with an 80 acre Alaska claim. He obtained title in 1988 and fished for salmon and hunted moose there with his family, who still reside in Alaska though not on the original homestead.
A brief cataloging note listing online resources at aps.gov home page and a library display featuring Elaine Landau The Homestead Act and Barbara Brenner Wagon Wheels as recommended reading. The items highlight government information sites and historical titles for patrons researching U S settlement laws and wagon era literature.
A light exchange riffs on the sun setting and a quip about bottled water. The dialogue notes that about 40 percent of bottled water comes from the same source as tap water, but aims to argue tap water is tested more often and more strictly, thus likely safer to drink.
The Mini Page credits Blake Bell, historian at Homestead National Monument, for assistance with this issue.
A note directs educators to a teaching guide page at bbs amuniversal dot com slash teaching guides for standards aligned activities accompanying the feature. The link appears as a general resource reference within the page text.
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