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11homestead — (n.) O.E. hamstede home, town, village, from HOME (Cf. home) + STEAD (Cf. stead) (q.v.). In U.S. usage, a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Hence, the verb, first… …
12Homestead Movement — Mid 19th century drive for free land in the U.S. Midwest, Great Plains, and West. It began in the 1830s as labourers and reformers joined farmers in calling for public land to be given free to settlers. In 1848 the Free Soil Party advocated the… …
13Homestead National Monument of America — Infobox protected area | name = Homestead National Monument of America iucn category = V caption = locator x = 137 locator y = 77 location = Gage County, Nebraska, USA nearest city = Beatrice, NE lat degrees = 40 lat minutes = 17 lat seconds = 06 …
14homestead — /hohm sted, stid/, n. 1. a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt. 2. any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home. 3. a tract… …
15Homestead National Monument — Memorial, southeastern Nebraska, U.S. Established in 1936 as a memorial to the hardships of pioneer life, it is the site of the first claim under the Homestead Act of 1862 and has exhibits tracing the development of the Homestead Movement. It… …
16homestead — home•stead [[t]ˈhoʊm stɛd, stɪd[/t]] n. v. stead•ed, stead•ing. n. 1) gov law a dwelling with its land and buildings occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt 2) gov any dwelling with its land… …
17homestead — a historic unit of area in the United States, equal to 160 acres (64.75 hectares). Under the Homestead Act passed by Congress in 1862, settlers in the western states were allowed to take title to a homestead of 160 acres of land by registering …
18homestead law — noun a law conferring privileges on owners of homesteads • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑law * * * noun 1. : a law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; especially …
19The Barnacle Historic State Park — Infobox protected area name = The Barnacle Historic State Park iucn category = V caption = The Barnacle, built in 1891 by Commodore Ralph Munroe image size = 250x200px location = Miami, Florida, USA lat degrees = 25 lat minutes = 43 lat seconds …
20Homestead National Monument of America — ▪ monument, Beatrice, Nebraska, United States area in southeastern Nebraska, U.S., just west of Beatrice, established in 1936 as a memorial emblematic of the hardships of pioneer life. It is the site of the first claim under the Homestead… …
