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How much Wyoming land was farmed by homesteaders in 1884?

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"How many acres were farmers given with the Homestead Act?

160 acres

Explanation: To help develop the American West and spur economic growth, Congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862, which provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land. The act distributed millions of acres of western land to individual settlers."

-senate.gov

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