new sweden maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/tag/new-sweden-maine/ Maine Local Community Blog Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:58:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://meinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-moose-Maine-32x32.png new sweden maine Archives - MeInMaine Blog https://meinmaine.com/tag/new-sweden-maine/ 32 32 Free Land Homestead Grant, New Settlers To Maine https://meinmaine.com/2024/08/26/free-land-homestead-grant-new-settlers-to-maine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-land-homestead-grant-new-settlers-to-maine Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:58:13 +0000 https://meinmaine.com/?p=18160 Free land homestead grant, new settlers to Maine. The free land Homestead Land Grant Act of 1862. The legislation enacted into law during the Civil War opened up wilderness, vast expanses of acres with little or no population. Land was plentiful and not so valuable. Clearing it, settlements in Maine took a lot of hard […]

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