Plan Your Visit

Address, Directions, Hours & more

Basic Information

 

The Vast Legacy of Homesteading

The Homestead Act of 1862 brought about significant and enduring change to the United States of America. One must ask what truly is the cost of "free land"? Discover how this law impacted and still impacts the lives of a diverse nation. Lean how the law fueled the industrial age and how the work of homesteaders would help build the "Bread Basket of the World". Visit and find your connection to this incredibly complex story.

 

Duration:

4 minutes, 4 seconds

Sneak peek at what you can experience at Homestead National Historical Park! Come visit our museum, watch our engaging park film, research your family's connections to homesteading, visit a cabin of the time and learn more about technological changes of the homesteading era and hike through the restored tallgrass prairie.