Homestead National Monument of America (HOME) is located in the
southeast corner of Nebraska (Figure 1). The Monument was
established in 1936 to commemorate the Homestead Act of 1862, a law
intended to stimulate the agricultural economy through free land
deeds. HOME includes the 160 acres once owned by Daniel Freeman,
who is credited with filing the first homestead claim in the United
States (Hutchinson, 1992). For the settlers of the Great Plains,
the prairie initially provided food for livestock and housing by
way of sod. A great deal of original prairie has since been
converted for agricultural purposes. In 1939 a hundred acres of
land at HOME was restored to tallgrass prairie, making it the
second oldest prairie restoration in the country. The restored
prairie can provide a comprehensive historical view of what the
landscape looked like at the time of the early settlers.
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