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Testimony of Witness, Francis Boyer, page 2

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QUESTION 11. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal sub-divisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any. ANSWER. Subdivision Acres cultivable. Acres timbered. Feet timber. This is all prairie land, grazing and agricultural in character, with no timber. QUESTION 12. State the number of acres cultivated, kind of crop planted, and amount harvested, each year. ANSWER. 1917, 10 acres to cane and beans. 1918, 20 acres to cane and beans. 1919, No crop planted that year on account of army service. 1920, 20 acres to cane and beans. QUESTION 13. Describe fully and in detail the amount and kind of improvements and number of acres under cultivation on each subdivision. State total value of improvements on the claim. ANSWER. Subdivision Character of improvements Two room box house, Chicken house, Corral, One mile of three wire fence 20 acres in cultivation. These improvements are worth $450.00 QUESTION 14. Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on the land? If so, describe what they are. ANSWER. None. QUESTION 15. Have you any knowledge or information that claimant has sold, optioned, mortgaged, or agreed to option or mortgage this land? If so, give full details as to whom, for what purposed and in what amount? ANSWER. I have not. c 6—4320

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Homestead National Historical Park, Code: HOME

Homestead National Historical Park, Gage County, Nebraska
Latitude: 40.2879981994629, Longitude: -96.8339004516602

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Land Entry Case Files: Homestead Final Certificates. Record Group 49: Records of the Bureau of Land Management. National Archives and Records Administration.

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Organization: Homestead National Historical Park
Address: 8523 W State Hwy 4, Beatrice, NE 68310
Email: home_information@nps.gov

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