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Under the Homestead Act of 1862, over 1.6 million individuals and families were able to claim and receive up to 160 acres of land to settle and farm in the western United States. Typically, homesteaders were required to improve the land, live on it for at least five years, and pay a small registration fee in order to obtain ownership of the land.

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