Archives of the West, 1806 - 1914, Public 
								Broadcasting System
								
								
								
								The Homestead Act of 1862, Background, Digital 
								Classroom, 
								National Archives and Records Administration
								
								
								
								
								
								Text of Homestead Act of 1862:  
								 
								
								An act to Secure 
								Homesteads to actual Settlers on the Public 
								Domain, 
								Genealogy of the Dakotas
								
								
								Elinore Pruitt Stewart,
								 
								
								
								
								
								Letters of a Woman Homesteader, 1909-1913,
								
								
								
								
								Electronic Text Center, University of 
								Virginia Library.
								
								
								
								
								How the West Tamed America,
								
								
								Cottonwood:
 
								History of the Upper Sacramento Valley
								
								
								
								
								Wild West Article Archives, The 
								History Net
								
								
								
								
								Directory of Online Resources on the History of 
								the American West, Academic Info. 
								  
								
								
								
								
								
								
								Frontier House: Frontier History, Public 
								Broadcasting System
								
								
								
								
								
								"California as I Saw It:" First-Person 
								Narratives of California's Early Years, 
								1849-1900, Library of Congress
								
								
								
								California: Magnet for Tourists and Home Buyers, 
								Library of Congress