homestead
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We drove 6½ hours to the mountains of Southwest Virginia to visit my mom’s remote homestead on Ramsey’s Ridge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
“More importantly, the state has complex laws about community property, homestead exemptions, and tax implications that can dramatically affect how your assets pass to your heirs.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
Odinga was buried nearby at his late father's homestead, where there is a family mausoleum.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
Instead, she lives in a trailer on the homestead, where she feels persecuted by the blazing sun that her tree canopy used to shield her from.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
As food historian Michael Pollan has written, “Virtually every homestead in America had an orchard from which literally thousands of gallons of cider were made every year.”
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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