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[hothouse_corn]

I didn't know that history of land allocation. I'm curious now. Most of my Mom's relatives I knew when i was kid in the '50s and '60s were in Lincoln, Grand Island, Geneva, Hebron and Deshler. I don't think there were any left in Broken Bow by then.

Kinkaid Act of 1904 allowed for homesteading in the sandhills and other arid places for a full section instead of a 1/4. It's the namesake for Kinkaider Brewing in Broken Bow, and I didn't know about the Kinkaid act until I read about it on the brewery website.

 

[Alum-Ni]

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things are looking up

 

[LoudHogRider]

Andre the Giant ... are you back from the dead?

 

[God is a Husker]

I didn't know that history of land allocation. I'm curious now. Most of my Mom's relatives I knew when i was kid in the '50s and '60s were in Lincoln, Grand Island, Geneva, Hebron and Deshler. I don't think there were any left in Broken Bow by then.

Kinkaid Act of 1904 allowed for homesteading in the sandhills and other arid places for a full section instead of a 1/4. It's the namesake for Kinkaider Brewing in Broken Bow, and I didn't know about the Kinkaid act until I read about it on the brewery website.

you can look up the land patents (US Fed. Gov. conveying the land to your ancestors via the various homestead acts or other land conveyance acts like 160 ac. in lieu of 4 years of back pay for your service during the Civil War, etc etc.)


here is the link: https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx



happy hunting

 

[Grits and Gravy]

 

[bbenson67]

you can look up the land patents (US Fed. Gov. conveying the land to your ancestors via the various homestead acts or other land conveyance acts like 160 ac. in lieu of 4 years of back pay for your service during the Civil War, etc etc.)


here is the link: https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx



happy hunting

OK this is really cool and a lot of things make sense now. I found an original homestead deed for 160 acres in my great great grandfather's name, Joseph Beckwith, dated 1873. There was also a deed for an original homestead in the name of Lucia Metcalf dated 1862. Metcalf was my great great grandmother's maiden name. Both were for a 1/4 section. Apparently they were married after Joseph came to Custer County and she was the family that escaped the New Ulm Massacre in 1862 and went straight to Nebraska and lived there 10 years before he arrived.

He also received/purchased 3 other 1/4 sections in 1873 but they were not homestead deeds as they were acquired originally in 1820. So in 1873 he owned one and a quarter sections at least. My grandmother's maiden name was Beckwith so that's the family line.

Truly amazing and my profound thanks for the resource and to @hothouse_corn for the history lesson on the Homestead Act. A lot of pieces fell into place and it's nice to see that all the stories I heard as a kid from the old folks were true.

 

[hothouse_corn]

OK this is really cool and a lot of things make sense now. I found an original homestead deed for 160 acres in my great great grandfather's name, Joseph Beckwith, dated 1873. There was also a deed for an original homestead in the name of Lucia Metcalf dated 1862. Metcalf was my great great grandmother's maiden name. Both were for a 1/4 section. Apparently they were married after Joseph came to Custer County and she was the family that escaped the New Ulm Massacre in 1862 and went straight to Nebraska and lived there 10 years before he arrived.

He also received/purchased 3 other 1/4 sections in 1873 but they were not homestead deeds as they were acquired originally in 1820. So in 1873 he owned one and a quarter sections at least. My grandmother's maiden name was Beckwith so that's the family line.

Truly amazing and my profound thanks for the resource and to @hothouse_corn for the history lesson on the Homestead Act. A lot of pieces fell into place and it's nice to see that all the stories I heard as a kid from the old folks were true.

Big thanks to @God is a Husker . My great grandparents still lived at the original 1890 Timber Culture claim when I was a little kid, up until they sold the place so Great Grandma could move to town after Great Grandpa died in 1983.

 

[hothouse_corn]

I would also say it seems weird that @God is a Husker is promoting a BLM website.

https://glorecords

.blm.gov/search/default.aspx

 

[God is a Husker]

I would also say it seems weird that @God is a Husker is promoting a BLM website.

“Brown Wives Matter” — my wife thought she was Seinfeld coming up with that line

 

[God is a Husker]

McCook AKA McBaghdad

 

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

I have golf league today, please pray

 

[Woodrow F Call]

@scotchfrost9697 where them hayin' pics

 

[Blackshirts_Win_'ships]

I’ve never been before. What’s there to do with the family?

What on Earth? How?

 

[Adolph Coors]

fence in the morning, hay in the afternoon.

 

[Blackshirts_Win_'ships]

Closer to Zion & Bryce NP’s as well. Stay in St. George, UT.

If you're not doing the three-park loop, you're doing it wrong. North Rim >>> South Rim

 

[Alum-Ni]

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fence in the morning, hay in the afternoon.

Ain't nothing dirtier than creosote

 

[Alum-Ni]

Big thanks to @God is a Husker . My great grandparents still lived at the original 1890 Timber Culture claim when I was a little kid, up until they sold the place so Great Grandma could move to town after Great Grandpa died in 1983.

My old man has homestead documents for the home farm with Ulysses S. Grant's signature on it. Neat to look at.

 

[God is a Husker]

My old man has homestead documents for the home farm with Ulysses S. Grant's signature on it. Neat to look at.

hope it is one of the Civil War patents, they are my favorites

my family had 1 ancestor who got his land that way, got off the boat in Illinois (from Germany) and almost immediately enlisted --> 5 years later he is in Nebraska with a horse farm, bred and trained horses until he died in the 1920s. We have a copy of his obit that was in the Valentine newspaper, there is a line in it that makes me laugh out loud where they list out how many horses (by type, color and sex) he had when he died. My family has always been cheap apparently: "if we are gonna pay for this obit in the paper might as well use it as free advertising for the horses"

 

[LoudHogRider]

My old man has homestead documents for the home farm with Ulysses S. Grant's signature on it. Neat to look at.

My wife's family farm in MN was sold to her by Teddy Roosevelt in the late 1800's. Well, he signed it anyway. IIRC, it came to them via a railroad land sale and Teddy signed off on the deal. With my kids standing in the living room, it's a 6th generation homestead.

 

[LoudHogRider]

hope it is one of the Civil War patents, they are my favorites

my family had 1 ancestor who got his land that way, got off the boat in Illinois (from Germany) and almost immediately enlisted --> 5 years later he is in Nebraska with a horse farm, bred and trained horses until he died in the 1920s. We have a copy of his obit that was in the Valentine newspaper, there is a line in it that makes me laugh out loud where they list out how many horses (by type, color and sex) he had when he died. My family has always been cheap apparently: "if we are gonna pay for this obit in the paper might as well use it as free advertising for the horses"

And now the obits are the most expensive bit of real estate in the newspaper. It's crazy what they charge. My MIL died last month, and I was kinda stunned at what they wanted to publish her obit. Stroked the check (bitterly) of course, but dayum ...