100 story challenge

From Slavery to Prosperity

A Black homesteader became successful after the Civil War

Poster at the Homestead Museum in Beatrice, Nebraska. Photo by authoer

I ran across this photo and wanted to share it as part of my series of roadside markers. It was in a museum about homesteaders in Nebraska, which is near the town of Beatrice. Both Kansas and Nebraska had similar deals. You could claim 40 acres, and if you built a…