The US Homestead Act, Farms, the Pioneer Flood & Shuffling of the Cards
        Honoring the Salmon & other lost native flora & fauna

The U.S. Homestead Act, signed by President Lincoln in 1862, promised citizens or intended citizens 160 acres of almost free land (with a small registration fee and 2 years of hard work). For a world steeped in inheritance and favoritism, it was a shuffling of the cards in the favor of the industrious.  In 30 years, the countries’ populace grew rapidly, many immigrating to the U.S. through Canada (and vice versa). This Lesson explores the waves of immigration, each of the immigrant cultures and communities, and their contributions … with apology to the: Hupa, Kashaya, Kato, Miwok, Pomo, Sinkyone, Tolowa, Wiyot, Yuki, Yurok who were further displaced … their forest groves and glades, salmon streams and hunting grounds lost.

The official state tree of the
State of Montana is the:

Lodgepole Pine

Pinyon Pine

Ponderosa Pine

Reproducible Student Worksheet
Color or paint the Oregon State Tree

Homestead Act, Farms, Shuffling the Cards
State of Montana History

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