Toward a more perfect Union
Subtitle: the settlement of Union Township, Clay County, Kansas
By: by James R. Beck
Publisher: Hidden Meadow Press; Printed by Mennonite Press, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Clay Center, Kan; Newton, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780615550237
Subjects: Land use; History; Land settlement; Landowners; Real property; Homestead law; Biography; Genealogy; Economic conditions; Utilisation du sol; Histoire; Colonisation intérieure; Propriétaires fonciers; Biens réels; Biens de famille (Droit); Economic history
Other titles: Settlement of Union Township, Clay County, Kansas
Description: "In 1854 all of Union Township, Clay County, Kansas, was part of the Public Domain. By 1894, every parcel in the township had moved from the government into private ownership. This book explores how these 155 settlers obtained their land. It examines various federal programs in the nineteenth century that moved Public Domain land into private hands (homesteading, preemption, railroad grants, school lands, timber culture, military bounties). The chapters discuss how these settlers met the various requirements of these programs for ownership. Union Township's 36 square miles is similar in many ways to hundreds of townships in the American Midwest."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.