Homestead NHP @HomesteadNHP ·
The #HomesteadAct's #CommutationClause provided a different means to acquire land. 🌽 Rather than file, build, cultivate, and stay in place for 5 years, you could buy outright for ~$1.25/acre after 6 months! 📷1: NPS/Hannah Boaz 📷2: BLM, GLO Records #LandLaw #HomesteadNFNy
Black and white portrait of a middle-aged William T Fry, a white man with short grey hair, posing in a black suit.
Black and white photo of William T Fry’s land patent issued by the McCook Land office in Nebraska. In both cursive and print, states that 160 acres in Chase County, Nebraska were issued to Fry by sale/cash entry on November 21st, 1889.
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