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Kansas Settlers - Pioneers Settling Prior to 1900

Beth Foulk

Jan 19, 2018

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Content

Introduction

1:34

How Kansas was Settled

5:30

Land Acquisition

1:50

Homestead Act

3:16

Timber Culture Act

1:05

Bounty Land

6:15

Cash

1:38

The Patent

14:05

Kansas Private Land

8:36

School Lands

4:12

Conclusion

0:57

About this webinar

The settling of Kansas is a tale woven with Indian settlements, railroad grants, the Homestead Act, Pre-emption, and agricultural school grants. With this many players and conflicting interests, settlers – and genealogists – have their work cut out to make sense of the process. This class unwraps the fascinating story and records left behind.

About the speaker

Beth Foulk

Beth Foulk has turned a lifetime genealogy passion into an opportunity to share what she’s learned with genealogists across the country. She has documented her Civil War, War of 1812, and Revolutionar...

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