Homesteading in Hamilton County
Created by Miss Klawonn
  • Qualifications
  • Filing a Claim
    • Level 1 Bonus Game
  • House Building
    • Level 2 Bonus
  • Other Homesteaders
    • Hamilton County Biographies
    • Level 3 Bonus
  • Problems
  • Proving Up
    • Last Chance Farm

Shopping for your House

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In order to live on your claim you will need items for your house.  It is too far to town and the general store probably doesn't have everything you need anyway.  Use the Sears Catalog to purchase items for your house.  You have managed to save $15 to spend. Ask your teacher for the Sears Catalogs and the order form.

It's Time to "Prove Up" your Claim!

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It has been 5 years since you filed your claim in 1870 and now it's time to get the title to the land.  In order to do this you have to "prove up," or provide evidence that you have made improvements on the land.  Under the Homestead Act the improvement requirements were to build a house, live on the land, and work the land.  The government requires an inventory list of the property; this includes buildings, fences, number of acres cultivated, type of crops, livestock, and personal property accumulated. Don't forget to include your bonus supplies you may have received. Create the inventory spreadsheet for HPs.

Check to see that you have enough Homesteading Points (HPs) to get the title to your land.

 When you have enough HPs, you need to find two people in the room who have been on their land as long as you have and ask them to sign as witnesses.  Create an inventory in a spreadsheet and email it to your teacher.  After you have completed the inventory, fill in the proving up form below listing the names of the two witnesses.

Proving Up claim Form

provingupform_fillable.pdf
File Size: 44 kb
File Type: pdf
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Not enough HPs? Don't worry, visit the "last Chance" Farm

Take me to the "Last Chance" Farm

Bonus for Successfully Receiving Your Claim

Click on the Bonus Game button to enjoy a game after you have finished all of your hard work homesteading.
Bonus Game
You must end the game at the discretion of the teacher.
Warning!!!!
Failure to complete the requirements for the homestead BEFORE reaching this game will cost 250 HPs per infraction.
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