History and stories of Nebraska . from the United States for $ acre. This was called a pre-emption. In 1863, thehomestead law went into effect. Under this a settler couldtake 160 acres and have it free by living upon it five 1873 the timber claim act was passed. Under it onecould get 160 acres by planting 10 acres of it to trees andtaking care of them for eight years. All three of these lawswere in force from 1873 to 1891, and under them a settlercould in a few years get 480 acres of land. The Struggle between the Grangers and the Cattlemen.—There were conflicts between the catt
History and stories of Nebraska . from the United States for $ acre. This was called a pre-emption. In 1863, thehomestead law went into effect. Under this a settler couldtake 160 acres and have it free by living upon it five 1873 the timber claim act was passed. Under it onecould get 160 acres by planting 10 acres of it to trees andtaking care of them for eight years. All three of these lawswere in force from 1873 to 1891, and under them a settlercould in a few years get 480 acres of land. The Struggle between the Grangers and the Cattlemen.—There were conflicts between the cattlemen, whose greatherds fed on free pasture, and the grangers, as the settlers NEBRASKA AS A STATE 271 were called, who came to farm. Cattlemen began to gointo western Nebraska between 1865 and 1875. Theirranches were located where there was the best grass and plen-ty of water. These ranches were many miles apart. Allthe cattle were turned loose summer and winter and allowedto find feed and water where it best suited them. The. A Western Cattle Range. {From S. D. Butcher collection.) cattle of different ranches ran together on the ranges. Eachranchman knew his own cattle because they were markedwith his brand. Once a year, all the cattlemen in a districtdrove the cattle together and branded each calf with thebrand of the cow which it followed. This was called theroundup. The grass on the plains died on its roots in thelate summer of each year so that the frost did not kill the country in the fall and winter was one great freehaystack and a very cheap and easy place to raise cattle. 272 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA
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