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  2. Duckwater Shoshone Tribe of the Duckwater Reservation

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    The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe has a federal reservation, the Duckwater Reservation (38°55′49″N 115°42′37″W), in Nye County, Nevada. [1] The reservation was established in 1940, when the tribe purchased the 3,272-acre (13.24 km 2) Florio Ranch and 21 families moved onto the land. [5] Today, it is approximately 3,815 acres (15.44 km 2).

  3. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (650 thousand km 2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, were given away free.

  4. Newlands Reclamation Act - Wikipedia

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    Newlands Reclamation Act. An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands. The Reclamation Act (also known as the Lowlands Reclamation Act or National Reclamation Act) of 1902 (Pub. L. 57–161) is a United ...

  5. Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California - Wikipedia

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    Miwok, Maidu, and Nisenan [4] The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California are a federally recognized tribe of Washoe Indians, living in California and Nevada. There are several Washoe communities south and east of Lake Tahoe united under a tribal council. [5] The Washoe people own over 64,300 acres (26,000 ha) in public domain allotments (PDA ...

  6. Gadsden Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Gadsden Purchase (Spanish: Venta de La Mesilla "La Mesilla sale") [2] is a 29,640-square-mile (76,800 km 2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla, which took effect on June 8, 1854. The purchase included lands south of the Gila River and west ...

  7. Desert Land Act - Wikipedia

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    Desert Land Act. The Desert Land Act is a United States federal law which was passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1877, to encourage and promote the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands within certain states of the Western states. Through the Act, United States citizens, or those declaring an intent to become ...

  8. Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    The town's name is a syllabic abbreviation of California, Nevada and Arizona. Cal-Nev-Ari was created in the mid-1960s by Nancy and Everette "Slim" Kidwell, who acquired a 640-acre (260 ha; 1.00 sq mi) section of land from the U.S. government and commenced development of an airport-based community an hour by road from Las Vegas.

  9. History of Nevada - Wikipedia

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    The History of Nevada as a state began when it became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election (the largest and costliest transmission ever by telegraph). Statehood was rushed to help ensure three electoral votes for Abraham Lincoln 's ...

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