today we worked on are group project and talked with the teacher bout are parts that we are doing out of are sections and stuff like that
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act/
in 1862 the homestead act was put in to act that alowed ppl to get land in the west that abraham lincon but in to actThe Union Pacific laid 1,087 miles (1,749 km) of track, starting in Council Bluffs, and continuing across the Missouri River and through Nebraska (Elkhorn, now Omaha, Grand Island, North Platte, Ogallala, Sidney, Nebraska), the Colorado Territory (Julesburg), the Wyoming Territory (Cheyenne, Laramie, Green River, Evanston), the Utah Territory (Ogden, Brigham City, Corinne), and connecting with the Central Pacific at Promontory SummitThe route did not pass through the two biggest cities in the Great American Desert -- Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah. Feeder lines were built to service the two cities.
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