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2. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. $15 million in land purchased to protect 'America's Amazon ...

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   Nearly 8,000 acres of Alabama's most sensitive land, known as "America's Amazon" for its biodiversity and wildlife, will be protected thanks to a major purchase by The Nature Conservancy in ...

4. The Most Expensive Home in Alabama on Realtor.com Is a ...

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   Last week, the folks at Realtor.com reported that this $10.5 million home perched on Lake Martin in Alexander City, Alabama, was the most expensive home in the Yellowhammer State on the entire site.

5. Forty acres and a mule - Wikipedia

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   General William T. Sherman, who issued the orders that were the genesis of forty acres and a mule. Forty acres and a mule refers to a key part of Special Field Orders, No. 15 (series 1865), a wartime order proclaimed by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on January 16, 1865, during the American Civil War, to allot land to some freed families, in plots of land no larger than 40 acres (16 ha ...

6. Economy of Alabama - Wikipedia

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   By 2008, approximately 4,000 people in Alabama were employed by the catfish industry and Alabama produced 132 million pounds of catfish. [17] In 2020, Alabama produced 1 ⁄ 3 of the United States' farm-raised catfish. [19] The total 2020 sales of catfish raised in Alabama equaled $307 million but by 2020 the total employment of Alabamians fell ...

7. Alabama - Wikipedia

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   Alabama's land consists of 22 million acres (89,000 km 2) of forest or 67% of the state's total land area. [91] Suburban Baldwin County, along the Gulf Coast, is the largest county in the state in both land area and water area. [92] The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies.

8. List of largest houses in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]

9. Warren Buffett once explained what he'd do to turn $10K ... - AOL

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   Here’s how to get started with as little as $10 Michael Burry from ‘The Big Short’ has made $100 million with this strategy — what you need to know about short selling