Homestead Proof Testimony of Almanzo Wilder
1884
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This 1884 document records the sworn statements of Almanzo Wilder that he had built a “12 ft. square frame” house in the Dakota Territory and was cultivating the land. Wilder had established the 160-acre homestead five years earlier, through the Homestead Act. It was his first home with his wife, Laura Ingalls Wilder—author of Little House on the Prairie.
Text adapted from “Evaluating Perspectives on Westward Expansion: Weighing the Evidence” in the special "Teaching Difficult Topics with Primary Sources" November/December 2011 issue of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
Text adapted from “Evaluating Perspectives on Westward Expansion: Weighing the Evidence” in the special "Teaching Difficult Topics with Primary Sources" November/December 2011 issue of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Land Management.
National Archives Identifier: 595419
Full Citation: Homestead Proof Testimony of Almanzo Wilder; 1884; 1490; Homestead Final Certificates, 1870 - 1907; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/homestead-proof-testimony-of-almanzo-wilder, April 27, 2025]Activities that use this document
- Evaluating Perspectives on Westward Expansion
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