Preemptions Homesteads and Timber Culture in Dakota Territory

acquire acreage acres actual additional administration affidavit allowed amendments amount appeared application became began benefit boom cash cent changed claimant claims Commission Commissioner commutation Congress covered cultivation Dakota Territory disposal district Early enacted entered entitled entry Falls farms federal filed final proof five forest forty fraud fraudulent further grants Hill History Homestead Act homestead entries hundred immigration improvements included increasing Indian issued land agents land laws Land Office Land Office Reports later less lines March methods Missouri months moved North Northern Pacific obtain opened operation original party passed patent perfected period person planted preemption prior problems proved public domain public lands purchase railroad received relinquishments Report residence result revision River ruling secure settled settlement settlers Sioux South Dakota speculation Statutes surveying surveyors timber culture tion township tract trees United western Yankton