There are 225 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which led to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, slicing travel time across the continent ...

A little-known politician from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln had opposed admitting Texas ... On Lincoln’s watch, the Homestead Act passed in 1862. Again, the refrain of real estate shows up. The pioneer ...

A little-known politician from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln had opposed admitting ... On Lincoln’s watch, the Homestead Act passed in 1862. Again, the refrain of real estate shows up.

There are 225 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi ...

The records were collected to make sure people who claimed land through the Homestead Act of 1862 met the requirements ... at University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries, at any National Archives ...

There are 225 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi ...

A little-known politician from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln had opposed admitting ... On Lincoln's watch, the Homestead Act passed in 1862. Again, the refrain of real estate shows up.

In 1862, he signed several bills into law that directly affected Dakota Territory and, by extension, the land that would become the State of North Dakota. The Homestead Act spurred westward ... Over ...