Heritage and happenings - Homesteading

Abraham Lincoln once told the nation in a speech back in 1861 that the purpose of America’s government was “to elevate the condition of men, to lift artificial burdens from all shoulders and to give everyone an unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life.” He followed up that speech with the passage of the Homestead Act, which remained active for 124 years until it was repealed in 1976.…