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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

A Lasting Legacy

Sod House, Pennington County, South Dakota, photograph by Arthur Rothstein, May 1936

Sod House, Pennington County, South Dakota, photograph by Arthur Rothstein, May 1936

 

Sod House, Pennington County, South Dakota, photograph by Arthur Rothstein, May 1936

A South Dakota homesteader posed by his sod house in 1936. Approximately two million claims were made under the Homestead Act.

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