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An extension of the homestead principle in law, the Homestead Acts were an expression of the Free Soil policy of Northerners who wanted individual farmers to own and operate their own farms, as opposed to Southern slave owners who wanted to buy up large tracts of land and use slave labor, thereby shutting out free white farmers.
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 ...
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 to 1.6 million homesteaders; most of the homesteads were west of the Mississippi River. These acts were the first sovereign decisions of post-war North–South capitalist ...
Old Homestead is a neighborhood on the east side of the Metro Detroit suburb of Southgate, Michigan. Usually, Old Homestead is bordered by Superior Street to the north, Eureka Road to the south, M-85 (Fort Street) to the east and either Trenton Road or Burns Street to the west. Commercial districts are located along Eureka Road and Fort Street ...
[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location City or town Description 1: Adams Street Historic District: March 15, 2000 (1112-1400 Adams, 1251-1327 Adams St., and 304-308 Stewart St.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [ 1 ] There are 323 properties and districts listed on the Register in Chester County, including 7 National Historic Landmarks .
May 21, 2008 (1129 Montevallo Rd. Leeds: 2: Cahaba Homestead Village Historic District: Cahaba Homestead Village Historic District: March 29, 2006 (Approximately between Interstate 59 and U.S. Route 11
Location of Montgomery County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Texas.. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Texas.