homestead
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Biddy Mason was previously honored in 1989, when a mini-park off Spring and 3rd streets was built to memorialize her on her original homestead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Periodically, the soft-spoken and generous man flies his Cessna into town to scavenge soda pop for a dozen or so cherubic Mennonite children on a nearby homestead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Their homestead fed the family during the Great Depression and supplied the timber to build the main home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The standard homestead exemption knocks $2,000 off the assessed value of all primary residences.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
I’m afraid I will have to rely on that painful teacher, Experience, until I get my homestead legs.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Neighbors judge one another for selling off family homesteads to developers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Thousands of feet below, a smattering of old homesteads spread out like playing cards on a poker table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
Organizations like the Cultural Burn Association have been working with landowners to set portions of farms and homesteads alight.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
Climate change also can drive snakes into homesteads, he said, as they seek water in dry times and shelter in wet.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
As he neared the Hickock farm, he stopped at several neighboring homesteads, ostensibly to ask directions, actually to make inquiries concerning the suspect.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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