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In US history, an act of Congress 1862 to
encourage settlement of land in the west by
offering 65-hectare/160-acre plots cheaply or
even free to those willing to cultivate and
improve the land for a stipulated amount of
time. By 1900 about 32,400,000
hectares/80,000,000 acres had been
distributed. Homestead lands are available to
this day.