The first land claim under the Homestead Act was made in Nebraska in January 1863. The Homestead Act allowed anyone to file for 160 acres of free land. The land was yours at the end of five years if you had built a house on it, dug a well, plowed ten acres, fenced a specified amount, and actually lived there. Additionally, one could claim land by successfully cultivating ten acres of timber.
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