Homesteading States?

[cajun]

I am looking for websites that have information on states with available homesteading properties.
Can anyone offer a link to a web site or sites that have this information?

Cajun

[big rockpile]

The way I understand there is no longer any.

There might be some in Alaska or Canada.But with Canada you have to be a citizen.

Your best bet is to find some very isolated cheap land.

big rockpile

[Shadow]

Homesteading as in the old days where you got free land just by claiming it is no longer done. Big rock pile is correct. Going to Alaska or Canada is not an option. There is no free lunch. Sorry.

[wy_white_wolf]

Many small towns in the plains states where running free land programs. All of them where for small city lots. Most of them have been filled. Some town in Alaska did it and had over 500 people show up to claim one of like 24 lots. Most of these areas are economically depressed so finding work may be hard.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...nd-cover_x.htm

http://www.kansasfreeland.com/

http://www.coffeyville.com/Free%20Land.htm

[jessepona]

Yeah, no free land any more... but if you want to see how much land is going for in different parts of the country or find some pretty good deals this is a good website to check out:

http://landandfarm.com/lf/

[wy_white_wolf]

http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/Bestofweb/freeland.asp

http://www.alaska.com/inalaska/story...-8617345c.html

[Beltane]

I can only speak for what I know...but if you drive around some of the unkept dirt roads in middle and northern NH you might be lucky enough to find a sign posted on some land stating that the town has somehow lost the owner of the property and that they will sell it for what is owed in back taxes.

Don't laugh..I guess we folks here in NH are not very good at keeping town records.

[vickiesmom]

Visit your local abstract office and fins any unclaimed property...not free but cheap!

[Scrounger]

When the Homestead Act became law in 1863, the first tract of land to file was SW of Beatrice Nebraska, by Daniel Freeman. The last claim under the Homestead Act was made by Kenneth Deardorff for 80 acres of land on the Stony River in southwestern Alaska. He fulfilled all requirements of the Homestead Act in 1979, but he did not actually receive his deed until May 1988. Therefore, he is the last person to receive the title to land claimed under the provisions of the Homestead Act.

Just a couple of weeks ago, during "Homestead Days" at Homestead National Monument near Beatrice they held a "reunion" of sorts. There were family members of both the Freeman's and the Deardorf's present.
Oddly enough, they also had cast members from "Little House on the Prairie"......

[vickiesmom]

Probably because Pa Ingalls was part of the early Homesteaders.Are there any 'real' Ingalls still alive? Might be why they used cast members <g>

[Lannie]

We have a few Ingalls' in this area, and I've heard (from other people) they're related, but I've never actually asked them, so I'm not really sure. Is it important? If so, I'll ask.

~Lannie

[akhomesteader]

We live in the bush in Alaska, and got our land as "Homestead Land." We filed on it and "proved up", fulfilling the requirement for Homestead Land. (Some call it "sweat equity"). However, our land was Alaska State Land when we got it. Not sure of all the details. There was lots of federal land that was and is supposed to be turned over to the state. Don't know if our land was part of original federal homestead land or not. But, we had similar requirements of staking it out, filing on it, living here a certain amount of time, building a cabin of at least a certain size within a set period of time, etc. The regulations on the land are different from regular land sold by the state.

That program was administered through the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR), but they have discontinued it. I've heard that it's because very few people who actually file on the land fulfill all the requirements. It ties up the land a long time waiting on people who never do what they're supposed to do. Alaska does have other land programs available, though. Some is only for residents. Other programs (mostly sale of state land) is available to anyone. You can google for Alaska DNR or the whole name. Look under land disposal or land sales. Sometimes the site is hard to navigate, but if you look around, you'll find it. Our forum, Frontier Freedom, and our old one on Alaska Homesteading Forum had threads about it.

Jenny
Frontier Freedom Online Magazine

[Scrounger]

Originally Posted by vickiesmom

Probably because Pa Ingalls was part of the early Homesteaders.Are there any 'real' Ingalls still alive? Might be why they used cast members <g>

From what I understand, the real Charles Ingalls was nowhere near the character that Michael Landon played in the series.

[snv1492]

Originally Posted by Scrounger

From what I understand, the real Charles Ingalls was nowhere near the character that Michael Landon played in the series.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ORGeCtROOdo

[TedH71]

I know some members of the Ingalls family still live on ranches in Colorado and are having a huge fight with the BLM or the guys that run federal lands....over wolves killing their cattle and dogs.

The real Charles Ingalls stole land from the Indians...he also wasn't always nice as was in the book.

[Christiaan]

[/QUOTE]The real Charles Ingalls stole land from the Indians...he also wasn't always nice as was in the book.[/QUOTE]

ALL the land was stolen from the Indians, you don't need to single any one person out!

[TedH71]

Good point but had to say that because everyone thinks he was a good guy.

[simplefarmgirl]

My dream life would i guess be like the Ingalls but who can say for sure what the reall family was like I do believe they might be all gone now, there extented family might be alive, but they werent they in the 1800's to say what the real homesteaders actually had to go through. We have the Movies and books of Little House On the Prarie and believe me they are my all time favorites, 100%.. and I would love to live the way they did, my dream house is the one they had in the series,, but again I am sure thats not what they had in real life either. Charles Ingalls stealling land from the indians,,, well I bet he werent the only ones,, Didnt the goverment take their share to start with? I am not real good at history, but that would be my opinion. Alot of people say they could homestead, no power, no tv,no running water,radio, no cars,, do everything all the ole fashion way,, But truly how many could do it for a life time and not just as a hobby??? I would love to,, but my life revoves around a handicapp son who requires things, that living totally off the grid would be to hard for him. Maybe when the time comes......I would love to at least try.

[akhomesteader]

Originally Posted by simplefarmgirl

Alot of people say they could homestead, no power, no tv,no running water,radio, no cars,, do everything all the ole fashion way,, But truly how many could do it for a life time and not just as a hobby???

We pretty much live that way, except for a couple of things. We do have a few modern conveniences. We have just barely enough power from the solar panels even during the summer to run the internet modem and laptop. We use oil lamps, haul our water from a spring, no tv. I listen to the radio maybe a couple of times a month. We're way off the grid and way off the road system, so no cars or trucks. Only way in and out is to charter a plane. So, in many ways, we do things the old way. But we couldn't live out here without bush planes to take us back and forth to town a time or two each year. No postal service. Internet really helps make up for that. We have a phone, but it rarely works way out here. When I was growing up, I loved those books and the TV shows, too. Always wanted to live like that. This is about as close as we'll get, I suppose. Sometimes I'd love to just throw the computer away, though.

Jenny
Frontier Freedom Online Magazine

[simplefarmgirl]

Hi Jenny I check out your site very nice,, Alot of nice information thank you for sharing