File:Homestead Act 07 (7268340242).jpg

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Description It was back on May 20, 1862, that President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. This action opened millions of acres of undeveloped Federal land to settlers looking west. Many of these new homesteaders soon found themselves on the trail to Oregon.
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