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: 30 plus Native American tribes who were further displaced … their forest groves and glades, salmon streams and hunting grounds lost. Unsaid, these farmers, and the Natives they displaced, understood the Earth nurtured them, year after year; they did not advertently abuse the land.
The official State Tree of Washington is the
Reproducible Student Worksheet
Color or paint the State of Washington Tree
Homestead Act, Farms, Shuffling the Cards
State of Washington History
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