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Page 59
... land by paying the government $ 1.25 an acre in cash ( $ 2.50 in designated railroad land grant areas ) . This was known as commutation of a homestead . commutation provision Although the opened up a way to violate the democratic intent ...
... land by paying the government $ 1.25 an acre in cash ( $ 2.50 in designated railroad land grant areas ) . This was known as commutation of a homestead . commutation provision Although the opened up a way to violate the democratic intent ...
Page 60
... land was already owned by the state , corporations , or land speculators and was unavailable for homesteading or preemption . Therefore , he had to buy land . Much of the advertising to attract settlers to the Western states and ...
... land was already owned by the state , corporations , or land speculators and was unavailable for homesteading or preemption . Therefore , he had to buy land . Much of the advertising to attract settlers to the Western states and ...
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... land - use practices and to elevate those who were underprivileged as a result of past mistakes in the use of the land . The people included destitute groups living in once thriving but now exhausted lumbering , mining , and oil regions ...
... land - use practices and to elevate those who were underprivileged as a result of past mistakes in the use of the land . The people included destitute groups living in once thriving but now exhausted lumbering , mining , and oil regions ...
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