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Publication

2012 - Printed by Mennonite Press, Inc., Clay Center, Kan, Kansas

Language

English

Word Count

72,750 words, Guess

Page Count

291 pages

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and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC978.1275
  • LCCF687.C55 B43 2012

Alternate Titles

  • Settlement of Union Township, Clay County, Kansas

Description

"In 1854 all of Union Township, Clay County, Kansas, was part of the Public Domain. By 1894, every parcel in the township had moved from the government into private ownership. This book explores how these 155 settlers obtained their land. It examines various federal programs in the nineteenth century that moved Public Domain land into private hands (homesteading, preemption, railroad grants, school lands, timber culture, military bounties). The chapters discuss how these settlers met the various requirements of these programs for ownership. Union Township's 36 square miles is similar in many ways to hundreds of townships in the American Midwest."--Back cover.

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