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2. Kinkaid Act - Wikipedia

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   Western Nebraska counties to which the Kinkaid Act applied. The Kinkaid Act of 1904 (ch. 1801, 33 Stat. 547, Apr. 28, 1904, 43 U.S.C. § 224) is a U.S. statute that amended the 1862 Homestead Act so that one section (1 mi 2, 2.6 km 2, 640 acres) of public domain land could be acquired free of charge, apart from a modest filing fee.

3. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   In 1995, a random survey of 178 members of the Economic History Association found that 70 percent of economists and 84 percent of economic historians disagreed with the statement "Nineteenth-century U.S. land policy, which attempted to give away free land, probably represented a net drain on the productive capacity of the country."

4. Real estate contract - Wikipedia

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   A real estate contract is a contract between parties for the purchase and sale, exchange, or other conveyance of real estate. The sale of land is governed by the laws and practices of the jurisdiction in which the land is located. Real estate called leasehold estate is actually a rental of real property such as an apartment, and leases (rental ...

5. Railroad land grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The land rush climaxed in the 1870s in Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, as the population more than doubled from 1.0 million in 1870 to 2.4 million in 1880, while the number of farms tripled from 99,000 to 302,000, and the improved acreage quintupled from 5.0 million acres to 24.6 million. [16]

6. US government must return land it took and never developed to ...

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   The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska will soon get back about 1,600 acres (647 hectares) of land the federal government took more than 50 years ago and never developed. A new law will require the U.S ...

7. Curtis, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... the town proposed a program to increase the population offering free land if you have a house built and financial incentives ...