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Wnet: Thirteen: Frontier Life: Uncle Sam Is Rich Enough to Give Us All a Farm

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In this companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House, you can see how the Homestead Act opened up the frontier to ordinary citizens, eager for a chance to own their own property.

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farming the plains, homesteaders, pioneer life, prairie life, rules for homesteaders, settling the frontier, homestead act, homestead act conditions, pbs, thirteen, homestead act, 1862
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)