America’s Homestead Act gave FREE land to people who could (1) put a house on it & (2) farm it. This is a 3 minute quick history of the whole idea.

Homesteading is a trendy word right now. The origins of it are straight from history. This is a quick highlight reel of what the American Homestead Act of 1862 was & what it meant for the people who came West. We found that a lot of our viewers were unfamiliar with this moment in American history & we thought a quick primer of the Homestead Act would be helpful for all of us.

Quick note:
If you want to learn more about homesteaders and the Homestead Act of 1862, check out the National Archive’s website linked below. Obviously this has been 4 min of highlights based on amateur knowledge. But what a fascinating time in history! Hope you join us for our “1889 Project”, where we rebuild an original homestead house. One humble piece of history is getting saved.

https://www.archives.gov/education/le...

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