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2. Black homesteaders - Wikipedia

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   Black homesteaders were part of a larger land ownership movement in which settlers acquired and developed public lands for farming in 30 US states over a period of 100 years. The US federal government enacted these policies in areas that it wanted to populate with American citizens or prospective citizens (often to the detriment of the ...

3. Jules Dervaes - Wikipedia

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   Jules C. Dervaes, Jr. (1947 – December 2016) was an urban farmer and a proponent of the urban homesteading movement. Dervaes and his three adult children operated an urban market garden in Pasadena, California, as well as other websites and online stores related to self-sufficiency and "adapting in place."

4. Homesteading by African Americans - Wikipedia

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   African Americans in the United States have a unique history of homesteading, in part due to historical discrimination and legacies of enslavement. Black American communities were negatively impacted by the Homestead Act's implementation , which was designed to give land to those who had been enslaved and other underprivileged groups.

5. Every state's nickname and where it comes from - AOL

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   California: Golden State. This state nickname dates back to the California Gold Rush, which began in January 1848 with the discovery of the precious metal at Sutter's Mill.

6. Fence Cutting Wars - Wikipedia

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   Some homesteaders retaliated by cutting the barbed wire of the fenced areas to give their livestock access to these lands, prompting the fence-cutting wars. Fence cutters were usually small-scale stockmen or farmers who used the free range and resented its appropriation, but also resented the fact that their stock could get tangled in the ...

7. 'Oppenheimer' and the story behind those who lost their land ...

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   But there were homesteaders living on that land. In 1942, the U.S. Army gave 32 Hispano families on the Pajarito Plateau 48 hours to leave their homes and land, in some cases at gunpoint, to build ...