John was one of three pioneers who located quarter sections of land in 1859 at Smith Neck, which is now known as Loyalton.
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These older homes are situated on corner lots and appear to have been laid off alternately within quarter sections of the square blocks.
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The real loss, here and across the Midwest, was out in the countryside where families once lived on just about every quarter section.
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"' Snake Lake "'is less than a quarter section in total area, although significant number of northern pike are found in the lake.
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Then, when the Homestead Act was enacted in 1867, the quarter section became the basic unit of land that was granted to new settler-farmers.
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Historically, community residents could pay taxes or supply a couple days per quarter section labour constructing roads, bridges, and fireguards instead of paying taxes.
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According to an act of congress dated May 24, 1828, all displaced white families in Lovely County were given two quarter sections of land elsewhere.
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As a memorial to him, a stained glass window was created and mounted in the door leading to the living quarters section of the car.
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William and Bethany Benson had entered the quarter-quarter section of land that contained the future site of Marion just the previous year on September 8, 1838.
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Around are estimated to have been subdivided into quarter sections, 27 million of which were surveyed by 1883 ( 14 years after the system's inception ).