Kansas Settlers - Pioneers Settling Prior to 1900
Beth Foulk
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 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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