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2. Donation Land Claim Act - Wikipedia

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   The passage of the law was largely due to the efforts of Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon territorial delegate to Congress. [5] The act, which became law on 27 September 1850, granted 320 acres (1.3 km 2) of designated areas free of charge to every unmarried white male citizen eighteen or older and 640 acres (2.6 km 2) to every married couple arriving in the Oregon Territory before 1 December ...

3. Route of the Oregon Trail - Wikipedia

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   Map from The Vikings team, or the Old Oregon Trail 1852–1906, by Ezra Meeker Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker erected this boulder near Pacific Springs on Wyoming's South Pass in 1906. [1] The historic 2,170-mile (3,490 km) [2] Oregon Trail connected various towns along the Missouri River to Oregon's Willamette Valley.

4. How To Get Free Land in the US in 2023 - AOL

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   Free land claims have a long history in the U.S., going back as far as the 1862 Homestead Act that granted citizens and intended citizens government land to live on and cultivate. Although the ...

5. Oregon Trail - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Historic migration route spanning Independence, MO–Oregon City, OR For other uses, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation). The Oregon Trail The route of the Oregon Trail shown on a map of the western United States from Independence, Missouri (on the eastern end) to Oregon City, Oregon (on ...

6. Five places where land is free - AOL

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   In the spirit of settling the wild, wild West, some communities are giving away free land lots. What's the catch? You have to agree to build a house (or park a mobile home) and live in it.

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8. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   The Donation Land Claim Act allowed settlers to claim land in the Oregon Territory, then including the modern states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and parts of Wyoming. The Oregon Donation Land Claim Act was passed in 1850 and allowed white settlers to claim 320 acres or 640 to married couples between 1850 and 1855 when the act was repealed.

9. "Oregon Trail" computer game is now being developed as a movie

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   NORTHFIELD, Minn. — "The Oregon Trail," one of the most successful computer games of all time and a staple for children of the '80s and '90s, is currently being developed into a movie project.