/tags/homestead-act Homestead Act en-US Copyright Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-31/as-it-was-timber-companies-acquire-land-through-homestead-act In January 1900, Friedrich Weyerhauser founded the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Longview, Wash., with 900,000 acres of Washington timberland. From there… Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-31/as-it-was-timber-companies-acquire-land-through-homestead-act Kirsten Shockey /show/as-it-was/2018-06-25/as-it-was-latter-day-homesteader-pays-2-50-for-medford-acre The U. S. Congress encouraged settlement of the West by passing the Homestead Act in 1862. People could file on unclaimed land, live on it, and then buy… Mon, 25 Jun 2018 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2018-06-25/as-it-was-latter-day-homesteader-pays-2-50-for-medford-acre Alice Mullaly