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http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/tractor-used-by-the-nation-s-last-homesteader-begins-journey/article_ef6e1a33-b0dd-5c1d-944d-64829f1fa2c9.html
As the article states, "The tractor used by the last person to receive free land under the federal Homestead Act of 1862 was recovered from the wilderness of western interior Alaska last week for eventual permanent display at Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, Nebraska."