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Hiking the Back Forty

Hiking the Back Forty Etymology back +‎ forty, meaning “back side of a farm”. In the Homestead Acts (1860s–), farmers were granted a quarter section; a section was 640 acres, a quarter section was 160 acres, and the quarter section … Continue reading

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