The Freeman School: Building Prairie Communities-- By looking at
The Freeman School: Building Prairie Communities, students will
learn about life in a school and community on the Great Plains
during the settlement of the American West. Those interested in
learning more will find that the Internet offers a variety of
interesting materials. Homestead National Monument of America
The Freeman School is administered by Homestead National
Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System. The
park's Web pages provide excellent information on the ecology of
the prairie, the Homestead Act of 1862, Freeman family
information, and a virtual tour of the Freeman School. Search
the NARA website a number of items about Western Expansion,
including copies of the original Homestead Act and original maps
of western areas that were being settled. Library of Congress:
The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920 The Northern Great Plains,
1880-1920 exhibit includes a series of photographs of life on
the Northern Great Plains betw