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Homestead (building), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses; Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres; Homestead principle, a legal concept that one can establish ownership of unowned property through living on it
The intent of the Homestead Act of 1862 [24] [25] was to reduce the cost of homesteading under the Preemption Act; after the South seceded and their delegates left Congress in 1861, the Republicans and supporters from the upper South passed a homestead act signed by Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, which went into effect on Jan. 1st, 1863.
The installation was renamed as Homestead Air Force Base on 1 February 1955 and the 379th Bombardment Wing (379 BMW) was activated at Homestead AFB on 1 November 1955. The 379 BMW replaced the 4276th Air Base Squadron, the latter unit having overseen the reconstruction of the base, and spent the next few months becoming organized and manned.
In the Homestead Act of 1862, one quarter-section of land was the amount allocated to each settler. Stemming from that are the idiomatic expressions , "the lower 40", the 40 acres on a settler's land that is lowest in elevation, in the direction towards which water drains toward a stream, and the " back forty ", the portion farthest from the ...
The homestead principle is the principle by which one gains ownership of an unowned natural resource by performing an act of original appropriation. Appropriation could be enacted by putting an unowned resource to active use (as with using it to produce some product [ a ] ), joining it with previously acquired property, or by marking it as ...
A homestead is an isolated dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings, [1] typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station. [ 2 ] In North America the word "homestead" historically referred to land claimed by a settler or squatter under the Homestead Acts (United States) or the Dominion Lands Act (Canada).
Homestead – a simple communal dwelling Settlement or hamlet – a group of dwellings, possibly forming a village community. Town – a settlement or village that has grown into an urbanized area and historically features a central market or court , particularly as a regional market town .
The forms of traditional living and societal organization influence each other, including through the homestead. British anthropologist Adam Kuper posits the political systems of the Zulu Kingdom of the early 19th century took organizational influence from the homestead as social unit, which was one based around the traditional pan-Nguni ...