This special re-print edition of "How To Get A Farm And Where To Find One" is an old fashioned guide to homesteading and farming. Written in 1871, this classic text was written to guide homesteaders in their seach for land open to settlement under the 1862 Homestead Act. Though the days of "free government land" are a thing of the past, "How To Get A Farm And Where To Find One" not only contains much history on the history of the American Homesteader, but also still offers tremendous insight into how to select land that is most suitable for farming or other agricultural uses that will be of great interest to those looking to follow in the footsteps of our ancestors. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.