Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though agriculture can be historically traumatic for many Black families, these homesteaders have found personal liberation by ...

Colt’s Georgia homestead is far from finished. But in his depiction of life off the grid, digging holes and pulling weeds looks downright dreamy. He excitedly documents the growth of his garlic, ...

The battery system is "totally fried," and the water system has not run in years.

I am a big fan of shows about doomsday preppers, homesteaders, survivalists, generally people who live off the grid. Some of my favorites are Homestead Rescue and Live Free Or Die. But there’s a ...

In 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, Congress enacted one of the most far-reaching pieces of legislation in American history. The Homestead Act’s sponsor, Rep. Galusha Grow of Pennsylvania, ...

The homesteading couple behind Gold Shaw Farm shares their journey as cross-country homesteaders taking over a new property.

"No well, no power bill, just gravity doing the work day and night." ...

My lack of familiarity with these terms prompted me to do some research (as any good noob should do), and I found that there was a veritable treasure-trove of info to be found on the topic. At first ...

The historic lunchroom at Dearfield, Colo., is collapsing. (Courtesy of the Black Homesteaders in the Great Plains Proiect) Richard Edwards is the co-author, with Jacob Friefeld and Rebecca Wingo, of ...