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The Homestead Act transferred over 270 million acres of public land into private hands for farming and ranching [10].

Protagonists are often "independent outsiders" who navigate societies governed by morality, love, and law [5]. Western

The transcontinental railroad was the single greatest contributor to development, opening the region to world markets and even standardizing time zones [10]. The Homestead Act transferred over 270 million acres