Agricultural Economics, Department of
Cornhusker Economics
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Date of this Version
May 2007
Document Type
Newsletter Issue
Citation
Cornhusker Economics
Abstract
Yes, that was the slogan used with the Homestead Act of 1862. But it has now taken on a slightly different meaning. The phrase “free land” today means free residential lots available to anyone pledging to build a new home in selected communities. As an incentive to entice new residents to repopulate areas of the Great Plains, this is a new and intriguing strategy.
Comments
Published in Cornhusker Economics, 05/16/2007. Produced by the Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
http://www.agecon.unl.edu/Cornhuskereconomics.html