One hundred and fifty years ago this month, President Abraham Lincoln launched ... longest nights of his life. The Homestead Act, signed by Lincoln on May 20, 1862, embodied a radical promise ...

The Homestead Act of 1862 was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. This act had huge impacts ...

Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County ... He kept his promise and issued the Emancipation Proclamation on New Year’s Day in 1863. In the Homestead Act of 1862, Lincoln ...

The Pacific Railway Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. It provided government support for the building of first railroad to link the east and west coasts of the U.S.A. In order ...

IDAHO FALLS — President Abraham ... “Lincoln also championed legislative efforts that transformed Idaho. More than 60,000 Idahoans filed homestead claims that were tied directly to his ...

As early as 1849, Abraham Lincoln believed that ... In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states ...