After the Civil War millions of new settlers crowd into the West from eastern parts of the United States. Most of the new settlers are native born, but over two million are European-born immigrants. The federal government plays a major role in this surge of new settlers with the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862. Just what homesteading means, and how it is monitored and managed becomes clear in the story of Union army scout Daniel Freeman who filed the first of the 417 homestead applications on January 1, 1863. Just as the early history of the U. S. was molded by the people who immigrated to its eastern shores in the 17th and 18th centuries, so the West will be influenced by the many different cultures that now occupy its lands.

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surge of new settlers to West, federal government's role in Western settlement, Homestead Act of 1862, homesteader Daniel Freeman, West molded by many different cultures, Conquest of the Far West

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Excerpts from The Homestead Act, May 20 (Performer), excerpt from Daniel Freeman's application filed January 1, 1868 (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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