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Show USE AND ABUSE OF SETTLEMENT LAWS, 1880-1904 493 Number and Acreage of Entries Under the Homestead, Preemption, Desert Land, Timber Culture Acts in the Leading States to 1904 Final Homesteads (1868-1904) State Number Acres Dakota.........._______ 85,327 13,160,631 Nebraska_____________ 73,121 10,235,825 Kansas_______________ 76,311 10,959,524 Minnesota____________ 67,973 8,383,785 Arkansas_____......___ 46,259 5,178,300 Oklahoma____________ 43,985 6,697,549 California_____________ 35,409 4,954,572 Alabama_____________ 34,109 3,882,489 Missouri______________ 30,164 3,244,221 Washington___________ 29,186 4,193,269 Wisconsin_____________ 24,332 2,641,749 Oregon______________ 23,888 3,493,637 Colorado_____________ 20,719 3,095,259 U. S_________________ 718,819 96,495,030 Preemptions 1881-1894 State Number Acres Dakota_______________ 56,592 8,705,035 Kansas_______________ 23,671 3,515,574 California______;_____ 15,727 2,818,198 Nebraska_____________ 23,443 3,469,517 Colorado_____________ 18,372 2,784,767 Washington___________ 11,738 1,588,611 Oregon_______________ 10,916 1,625,292 U. S_________________ 185,237 27,332,315 Final Desert Land Entries to 1904 State Number Acres Montana_____________ 5,802 1,192,418 Wyoming_____________ 3,221 865,605 Idaho_________._____ 2,440 473,548 Utah________________ 1,500 259,335 California_____________ 1,078 274,776 U. S____.....________ 16,827 3,720,620 Final Timber Culture Entries to 1904 State Number Acres Nebraska_____________ 16,937 2,544,307 South Dakota_________ 15,105 2,311,502 Kansas_______________ 12,844 1,899,440 North Dakota_________ 7,975 1,238,742 U. S__________....... 65,292 9,745,433 Timber and Stone Entries to 1904 State Number Acres California_____________ 15,463 2,189,332 Oregon______________ 13,065 1,937,206 Washington___________ 10,598 1,473,593 Minnesota____________ 6,077 753,312 U. S_________________ 55,201 7,575,295 |