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HOMESTEADERS. Homesteaders, sometimes credited with settling the West, were people who took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862. The first family to do so was that of Daniel Freeman (1826 – 1908), who made a land claim on January 1, 1863, the day the law went into effect. Freeman settled near Beatrice, Nebraska. The Homestead Act of 1862 and its later modifications were collectively known ...
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