The
Homestead National Monument of America
commemorates the
Homestead Act of
1862.
Located west of Beatrice, Nebraska
, Daniel Freeman's
homestead was recognized by the United States Congress as the first
homestead in the nation obtained through the Homestead Act.
It is maintained by the
National
Park Service. From the NPS Web site:
It was listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
Tallgrass prairie at Homestead
NM
The Freeman school.
The monument contains a visitor center, a tract of
tallgrass prairie, and the Freeman School.
On
May 20,
2007, the new
visitor center opened to the public. The new facility has 4 times
the floor space as the previous visitor center; the parking lot is
exactly in area, as a demonstration of that exact size.
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