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2. Land Act of 1820 - Wikipedia

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   The Land Act of 1820 (ch. 51, 3 Stat. 566), enacted April 24, 1820, is the United States federal law that ended the ability to purchase the United States' public domain lands on a credit or installment system over four years, as previously established.

3. United States General Land Office - Wikipedia

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   This Bureau of Land Management map depicts the public domain lands surveyed and platted under the auspices of the GLO to facilitate the sale of those lands.. The GLO oversaw the surveying, platting, and sale of the public lands in the Western United States and administered the Homestead Act [2] and the Preemption Act in disposal of public lands.

4. Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands - Wikipedia

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   The Normal School Fund was created in 1865 from the proceeds of half of the land grant conveyed to Wisconsin by Congress in the Swamp Land Act of 1850, after the Legislature determined not all of the swampland was needed for drainage purposes. The resulting land grant amounted to some 1,500,000 acres (2,300 sq mi) of public land, of which ...

5. The famous 'Home Alone' house is for sale and is that ... a ...

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   The house that served as the external setting for "Home Alone" is on the market, and it appears the selling resident has a connection to the Wisconsin Badgers. According to the Zillow listing, the ...

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   The late movie legend's picture-perfect former home is located on a 40-acre property near Lake Geneva Reuters 20 days ago Exclusive-Blackstone seeks $800 million loan to finance New York office ...

7. Wildcat Mountain State Park - Wikipedia

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   The lumber industry reached Wisconsin by 1844. [2] John Ostrander and William Saubert bought up many acres of land on what is now Wildcat Mountain State Park. Their lumber company purchased the land for $1.25 an acre from the government. Ostrander and Saubert clear-cut the forests and then sold the cleared land to new settlers for $2.50 an acre ...