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: Alsea, Chetco, Chinook, Coos, Coquille, Nehalem, Nestucca, Siletz, Siuslaw, Tillamook, Tolowa, Umpqua and Yaquina who were further displaced … their forest groves and glades, salmon streams and hunting grounds lost.
The most important tree in, and the official State Tree of the State of Oregon, on the hill
in the background is the:
(The stump in the foreground is
Bonhoeffer Gardens’ 22′ diameter
Western Redcedar)
Reproducible Student Worksheet
Color or paint the Oregon State Tree
Homestead Act, Farms, Shuffling the Cards
State of Oregon History
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