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Discusses the history of the Homestead Act, what states were involved, how people lived and crossed the land to open the Western United States.
Homesteading the Plains
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Richard Edwards
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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"Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading, overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors b
Savage Country
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Pages: 260
Authors: Robert Olmstead
Categories: Fiction
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Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
Language: en
Pages: 962
Authors: David J. Wishart
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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"Wishart and the staff of the Center for Great Plains Studies have compiled a wide-ranging (pun intended) encyclopedia of this important region. Their objective
Our Documents
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: The National Archives
Categories: History
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Our Documents is a collection of 100 documents that the staff of the National Archives has judged most important to the development of the United States. The en