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 ...

So Trump, a real estate huckster at heart and in office, fits into a flawed American tradition: a manifesto based on more, more, more. Robert Frost put the quest poetically: "The land was ours ... in ...

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 ...

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.

May 20, 2025: One hundred and sixty-three (163) years ago on May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act of 1862. The Homestead Act made it possible for Americans to ...

A Chicago auction featured 144 items linked to President Lincoln, including blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination. Treasured artifacts linked to President Abraham Lincoln ...