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FREE LAND. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a law that offered 160 acres of public land to anyone willing to live on it, farm it, and improve it for five years. It wasn’t truly free, settlers paid small filing fees and had to earn ownership through sweat, not wealth. Over 1.6 million families claimed land through this program, shaping the farms, roads, and towns we still see today. It’s one of the most important, and forgotten, laws that built rural America. #LandAgen
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