Homesteading

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Did you, when you first heard of the Homestead Act as a child, learn that it was a wonderful opportunity for poor people to become independent farmers and settle the wide-open West? Things weren’t that simple, of course, and one of my Georgist friends has provided a link to an article about the national myth and the reality. The author, Matthew Downhour, may make a Georgist presentation in the near future; his article quotes Henry George.