From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15730 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, March 22 2025 Volume 14 : Number 15730 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Explore Plants Facing Extinction Threats ["Medicinal Garden Kit" Subject: Explore Plants Facing Extinction Threats Explore Plants Facing Extinction Threats http://ultimategenerator.ru.com/DKOnFFxfCh_ECw6mkiZ8AB9o3Mb-ZCy8hj1yFTD-vrhB61VBBw http://ultimategenerator.ru.com/JRdnSBwLL-MagHjrpzvqMfSShnya8QMgmkU8hHnmcFMZ6DsEXQ ita than any other United States city. Homesteading The Homestead Act of 1862 provided free land to settlers who could claim and "prove-up" 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federal land in the Midwest and western United States. Montana did not see a large influx of immigrants from this act because 160 acres were usually insufficient to support a family in the arid territory. The first homestead claim under the act in Montana was made by David Carpenter near Helena in 1868. The first claim by a woman was made near Warm Springs Creek by Gwenllian Evans, the daughter of Deer Lodge Montana pioneer, Morgan Evans. By 1880, farms were in the more verdant valleys of central and western Montana, but few were on the eastern plains. The Desert Land Act of 1877 was passed to allow settlement of arid lands in the west and allotted 640 acres (2.6 km2) to settlers for a fee of $.25 per acre and a promise to irrigate the land. After three years, a fee of one dollar per acre would be paid and the settler would own the land. This act brought mostly cattle and sheep ranchers into Montana, many of whom grazed their herds on the Montana prairie for three years, did little to irrigate the land and then abandoned it without paying the final fees. Some farm ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #15730 ***********************************************