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Homestead National Monument of AmericaCuster County Nebraska Homesteaders
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Hands-On Arts and Crafts Demonstrations
 
Children learning to play marbles.
Homestead NM
Children learning to play marbles.
 
Young visitors pose with Park Ranger after making cornhusk dolls.
Homestead NM
Young visitors pose with Park Ranger after making cornhusk dolls.

Hands-on Homesteaders’ Arts, Crafts & More

Special events and programs engage the public in homesteading folk life. Try your hand at a new craft, take your children and grandchildren back to the earliest days of settlement, or learn about the American Indian cultures that predated the Homestead Act.

 
Demonstrator demonstrates how to tan a deer hide.
Homestead NM
Demonstrator demonstrates how to tan a deer hide.
Students and visitors participate in such diverse annual activities as the Heartland Storytelling Festival (May), Homestead Days (June), and Pioneer Days (October).
Trapper Preparing Skins
Programs & Events
There are many special programs and events throught the year
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Did You Know?
The Homestead Act of 1862 changed the world with its offer of free land. Millions of people immigrated to America seeking their fortune, shifting populations along with the power of governments. -- Homestead National Monument of America

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Last Updated: November 11, 2008 at 16:13 EST