Confining our conversation to firearms, the most common working gun of the farmer or homesteader in the late 19th century was the double-barreled shotgun. |
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He is a graphic artist, canoe-builder, musician, carpenter and full-time wilderness homesteader. |
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The Mine Museum in Falun, central Sweden, is a UNESCO World Heritage site, an honour it shares with the town of Falun and homesteader estates. |
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The following year she married a neighbouring homesteader, John McNaughton, an immigrant from New Zealand. |
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The wheat sheaves honour Mr. Southcombe's homesteader grandparents who settled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. |
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He recalls his struggle as a homesteader, the racism he endured, his love of a woman, and his gift of photography. |
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Settled in 1863 by Pleasant DeSpain, a homesteader, it was named DeSpain Junction and developed as a shipping point for local farm produce. |
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He supported himself by varied occupations that included general household worker, hotel cook, laundryman, farm labourer, and homesteader. |
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To receive a patent for the land, the homesteader had to live on and improve it for a specific period. |
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Before Letters Patent could be issued to a homesteader, the land had to be accurately described and located through cadastral surveys. |
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It was renamed for Peter Lassen, a Danish-born explorer and homesteader in the region who guided settlers through the surrounding area in the mid-19th century. |
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When a homesteader felt that he met all conditions of his homestead entry, as outlined in the Dominion Lands Act, he filed an application with his local Dominion Lands Office. |
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A descendant of missionaries and educators, Benton was greatly influenced by his indomitable mother a professor's widow, pioneer woman school superintendent, and Montana homesteader who instilled in him the drive to excel. |
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Pearkes, a former Mountie, homesteader, and broncobuster, the 116th displayed great confidence and considerable swagger. |
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Dominion Land Act ensures each homesteader 160 acres of land. |
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There was always work on railroad crews and many a homesteader left his wife alone with the children and the livestock while he went to earn much needed cash away from home. |
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