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HOMESTEAD (THE)
HOMESTEAD (THE). In 1855, The Homestead was started at Racine, Wisconsin by Mark Miller. It was moved within a few years to Madison, and then to Dubuque, Iowa. In 1861, the entire publication was relocated in two wagons to Des Moines, Iowa where it continued in publication.
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Source:
Tucker, Gilbert M. American Agricultural Periodicals: An Historical Sketch. (1909) online--http://www.archive.org/stream/americanagricult00tuckric/americanagricult00tuckrich_djvu.txt