Join us on April 6th at 1 p.m. for our ongoing Bob Ford’s History series in the Center of East Hills Mall to talk history. We discuss past articles, local history, and any other historical topic you’d ...

The term “homestead” has several meanings, so I will start off by being clear about the topic. “Homestead” sometimes denotes a home and surrounding land occupied by a family. However, the situation I ...

The Homestead Act provides a means to protect up to $605,000 of your equity in your home against seizure, a forced sale by general creditor claims, and judgments that might be entered against you. The ...

Why did your ancestors leave their home and travel to a specific area? If your ancestors moved west after 1863, they may have moved because of the Homestead Act that was signed by President Abraham ...

Two flagstones, marking the doorway of a historic cabin site, have been in the ground west of Loveland since 1897, surviving two major floods and more than a century of life and change. Homesteader ...

Women and black homesteaders, frontier medicine and a barn dance are among the topics and events at this year’s 39th Annual Montana History Conference, “Opportunity for All? Homesteading ‘Next Year ...

On this day in 1869, Omaha hosted its first public sale of land under the provisions of the Homestead Act of 1862. The sale marked a key moment in the organized settlement of Nebraska’s eastern ...