{"id":314,"date":"2014-01-13T07:23:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T07:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/?p=314"},"modified":"2014-01-13T07:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T07:23:45","slug":"homesteaders-locust-plauges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/2014\/01\/13\/homesteaders-locust-plauges\/","title":{"rendered":"Homesteaders &#038; Locust Plauges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/jb_civil_homested_1_e.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-315 lazyload\" alt=\"Homestead Act Advertisment\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/jb_civil_homested_1_e-218x300.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/jb_civil_homested_1_e-218x300.jpg 218w, http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/jb_civil_homested_1_e.jpg 422w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 218px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 218\/300;\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourdocuments.gov\/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homestead Act of 1862<\/a>, signed by Abraham Lincoln, gave anyone, 21 years old or older, who had never taken up arms against the government, 160 acres of land in the West.\u00a0 The only catch &#8211; you had to live on the land for 5 years, and make improvements.\u00a0 Because the law said &#8220;anyone&#8221; it meant that women and African-Americans could be homesteaders.\u00a0 As a result, after the civil war, freed slaves made their way west in drove.\u00a0 In Kansas, towns populated entirely of freed slaves sprung up.\u00a0 The freedom, and the feeling of a fresh start drew many.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, only about 40% of those who tried, were successful.\u00a0 There are were many hardships that faced the homesteaders, everything from Indian attacks, to claim jumpers, to harsh winters, to droughts.\u00a0 Most of the people who took claims, were too poor to afford to do much with their claims.\u00a0 Some were killed by claim jumpers, others by Indians, and others by disease.\u00a0 But many more just simply gave up and left to try to make their way elsewhere.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>**** A side note to any who many be reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books:\u00a0 Pa Ingalls got his homestead under the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timber_Culture_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Timber Culture Act of 1873<\/a>, which was <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homestead_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the acts that modified the 1862 act<\/a>.\u00a0 Under this act, the homesteader got 160 acres, but they had to plant 40 acres of trees within a set time frame.\u00a0 Someone who had already gotten 160 acres under the 1862 could make another claim under this act, giving them a total of 320 acres.\u00a0 The Ingalls did not get a homestead claim <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ingallshomestead.com\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until 1880<\/a>, thus they only got the 160 acres under the Timber Culture Act.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A guy named Corey Branigan did this awesomely funny video explaining the Homestead Act.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CzB8lPLrM4U]<\/p>\n<p>Then a kid who goes by Jack made a Lego Version:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-_Yjo1M-TY]<\/p>\n<p><em>More Resources:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Educational Portal has three areas of interest here.\u00a0 First is the <a href=\"http:\/\/education-portal.com\/academy\/lesson\/what-is-the-homestead-act-of-1852-definition-summary-quiz.html#lesson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">text of a lesson<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Second, there is a video &amp; quiz about <a href=\"http:\/\/education-portal.com\/academy\/lesson\/westward-expansion-the-homestead-act-of-1862-the-frontier-thesis.html#lesson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westward Expansion: The Homestead Act of 1862 &amp; Frontier Thesis<\/a>.***<\/li>\n<li>Finally, check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/education-portal.com\/academy\/lesson\/transcontinental-railroad-homestead-act-and-womens-suffrage.html#lesson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transcontinental Railroad, Homestead Act, and Women&#8217;s Suffrage<\/a> video &amp; quiz.<\/li>\n<li>For a kinda cool look at the document itself, and what goes into preservation of our documents, as well as some information about the Homestead act, try out this video by the National Park Service:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b947YByOLx4]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-316\" style=\"width: 128px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1921-EarleVolcartHardy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-316 lazyload\" alt=\"1921-EarleVolcartHardy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1921-EarleVolcartHardy-214x300.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"180\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1921-EarleVolcartHardy-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1921-EarleVolcartHardy.jpg 311w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 128px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 128\/180;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">E.V. &#8220;Hardy&#8221; Hardenburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>*** As an interesting side note, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morrill_Land-Grant_Colleges_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862<\/a> which gave states land to sell to fund agricultural colleges, led to the formation of Cornell University, the alma mater of my 2nd cousin 3x removed, <a href=\"http:\/\/ecommons.cornell.edu\/bitstream\/1813\/18844\/2\/Hardenburg_Earle_Volcart_1950.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Earle Volcart &#8220;Hardy&#8221; Hardenburg<\/a>.\u00a0 &#8220;Hardy&#8221; was a well respected expert on potatoes, earning his doctorate in 1919, and serving on many agricultural boards as well as speaking across the United States and Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-317\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Locust.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-317 lazyload\" alt=\"A Kansas farm family fights a losing battle with the relentless &quot;hoppers&quot; in a cartoon by 19th-century illustrator Henry Worrall. (Kansas State Historical Society)\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Locust-300x175.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/175;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Kansas farm family fights a losing battle with the relentless &#8220;hoppers&#8221; in a cartoon by 19th-century illustrator Henry Worrall. (Kansas State Historical Society)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>The Locust Plague of 1874-1875<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** FYI &#8211; This is what Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about in her book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">On the Banks of Plum Creek<\/span>.\u00a0 When she writes about the swarm of grasshoppers, it was really an insect called the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocky_Mountain_locust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocky Mountain Locust<\/a>.\u00a0 These things were a pest to the settlers for several years, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthstonelegacy.com\/when-the-skies-turned-to-black-the_locust-plague-of-1875.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst was the years of 1874-1875<\/a>.\u00a0 Eventually, the Rocky Mountain Locust went extinct, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/1874-the-year-of-the-locust.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last documented sighting in 1902<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video about it:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aQ804ztWPNs]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>More Resources<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/243\/13695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Death of the Super Hopper by Professor Jeffery Lockwood<\/a>. &#8211; FYI, the good professor believes in Evolution and Global Warming, but he has several good points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Homestead Act of 1862, signed by Abraham Lincoln, gave anyone, 21 years old or older, who had never taken up arms against the government, 160 acres of land in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,22],"tags":[34,56,58],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos","category-history","category-video","tag-american-history","tag-homesteaders","tag-locusts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/jb_civil_homested_1_e.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}