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In 1906, the Forest Homestead Act was passed.

The Homestead Act of 1912 reduced the homestead requirement from five to three years.

As the Frontier moved west onto the arid Great PlainsThe Great Plains or High Plains are the elevated plains which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States of America and Canada, covering the states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and No the amount of land a homesteader was allowed to claim was changed to 640 acres (2.6 km²), a full section. Although a few isolated pockets remained into the 1950sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Years: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. most land in the lower 48 states had been taken up by 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in or so. Homesteading continued on a small scale in AlaskaOn January 3, 1959, Alaska was admitted to the United States as the 49th state. The population of the state is 626,932, as of 2000. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the Aleut word for "great country" or "mainland. The natives called it "Alyes. Much of the remaining public domain was included in the National ForestThis article is on national forests in the United States. For the National Forest in England, see National Forest, England. National forests are protected forests in the United States. National forests are controlled by the federal government and manageds or is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ended homesteading; the government believing that the best use of public lands was for them to remain in government control. The only exception to this new policy was Alaska, for which the law allowed homesteading until 1986.

In WyomingWyoming State nickname: Equality State Other U. States Capital Cheyenne Largest City Cheyenne Governor Dave Freudenthal Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 10th 253,554 km² 251,706 km² 1,851 km² 0. 7% Population Total ( 2000) Density Ranked 50th 493,782, Montana, and Colorado homesteading cut into the access of the large ranches to the public domain where hundreds of thousands of cattle were grazed upon the open range , a practice called free grazing . The ranchers fought back by themselves (or their cowboys) homesteading prime spots which gave access to water. At times tensions escalated into violence, conflicts called range war s, for example, the Johnson County War in Wyoming.

The act was later copied with some modifications by Canada in the form of the Dominion Lands Act, and similar acts, usually termed the Selection Acts were passed in the various Australian colonies in the 1860s, beginning in 1861 in New South Wales...