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Save the Date — September 20-22, 2012 |
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Opportunity for All? Homesteading Next Year Country 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of America’s first Homestead Act. Born of the same political discord that led to the Civil War and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln during the early years of that conflict, the act provided for the transfer of 160 acres of public land to each homesteader upon payment of a nominal filing fee and five years of “proving up.” The original proponents of the Homestead Act envisioned the settlement of the West by individual farmers with an almost utopian fervor, and today, our cultural mythology most often portrays homesteading as a symbol of the most American of ideals. |
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This is a next year country, people out here live on hope. If you can saddle hope and ride it, you’ll get over the next divide. - John L. Moore, author and historian To submit a session proposal, click here. For information on the conference hotel, click here. For Other information: Contact Kirby Lambert at klambert@mt.gov or 406-444-4741 |
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