North to the Future

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Denali from the north side.

 

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Snow fence and...

 

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Merrill Field looking south

 

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Yogi isn't snoozing yet.

 

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Choices

 

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Covid in the village.

 

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Johnny isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

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Poor bastards that live in Fairbanks.

 

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C130 taking off at Sitka.

 

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3022ft.

The trailer is worth watching.

 

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Not my bike.

 

[parrot454]

I have wanted to homestead in Alaska for yrs. Go completely off grid.

 

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I doubt that there will every again be a homestead act in the US.

 

[HisArpy]

I doubt that there will every again be a homestead act in the US.

I looked this up 25 or 30 years ago. At the time there were still places you could homestead.

The reason no one had already taken advantage of it is because the available land was straight up and down and unbuildable if even reachable.

 

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I looked this up 25 or 30 years ago. At the time there were still places you could homestead.

The reason no one had already taken advantage of it is because the available land was straight up and down and unbuildable if even reachable.

"The last claim under this Act was made by Ken Deardorff for 80 acres (32 ha) of land on the Stony River in southwestern Alaska. He fulfilled all requirements of the homestead act in 1979 but did not receive his deed until May 1988. He is the last person to receive title to land claimed under the Homestead Acts."

The FLPMA of 1976 put the kibosh on homesteading by repealing all the homestead acts.

You can still "homestead" but you have to buy the land from a current landowner.

Occasionally, the State of Alaska has programs where you can stake land and get it at fair market value. Sometimes, they might reduce the price if you live on it for 35 months (homesite program), but that's not in effect anymore.

But, Putin will give ya a couple hectares in Siberia if you'll live on it.