Homestead National Historical Park

Walk tallgrass prairie trails and tour a homesteader's cabin, a one-room school and a museum on the Homestead Act.

8523 W State Hwy 4 · Beatrice, NE

About Homestead National Historical Park

This National Park Service site marks the Homestead Act of 1862, which let settlers claim up to 160 acres of federal land. The Heritage Center, with a roofline shaped like a plow cutting through sod, holds exhibits on how the law changed immigration, farming and Native tribes. Outside you can see the 1867 Palmer-Epard Cabin, visit the brick Freeman School that taught pupils from 1872 to 1967, and walk about 2.7 miles of trails through 100 acres of restored tallgrass prairie.

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