Agency seeks Alaska descendent of homesteader

4 February 2012, 6:23 am

The Associated Press The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska The National Park Service is looking for descendants of people who received land in Alaska through the Homestead Act of 1862 The Park Service is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the law that transferred more than 270 million acres of undeveloped federal land to private ownership. The agency wants people from each of America's 30 ...... Read More »

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