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I'm Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. The federal government ....Homestead Act 1862. Even larger numbers purchased ...
A Wilton auction house is offering a collection of more than 60 lots of items pertaining to the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. University Archives, which offered ...
SUNBURY — Abraham Lincoln will attend the opening of an extensive display about the president at noon April 27 in Sunbury. Northumberland County Historical Society officials will unveil the ...
It seems like a new biography of President Abraham Lincoln comes out every few years ... What I have done since is pretty well known,” said Lincoln. He was referencing the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, ...
American history enthusiasts, take note. An auction of artifacts relating to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln includes his own personal possessions, such as clothing, as well as autograph letters ...
The homesteading reference is to Homesteading Act of 1862, signed into law by Abraham Lincoln. Why am I skeptical ... need to pay for this housing? Is Homestead 2.0 a housing moon shot?
Abraham Lincoln was an American ... of Black Americans,” Smith says of Lincoln’s thinking at the time. You don’t have to take the documentary’s word for it. You can read Lincoln’s August 22, 1862 ...
By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter A narrative feature exploring Abraham Lincoln’s personal life and queer legacy has landed a theatrical release. Lavender Men is set to hit select ...
In 1862, the Homestead Act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, granting American families opportunities to start new lives across millions of acres of federal land in the American West. Between ...
Gina Gillmore-Wolter, president of the New Salem Lincoln League, explains that the drive shaft, just over her right shoulder, has fallen out of the floor of the gristmill, part of the reconstructed ...
After Years of Neglect, an Illinois Village With Ties to Abraham Lincoln Is Getting a Refresh PETERSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Before his famous debates, before the Civil War rent the nation, before he ...