towski
08-24-2005, 12:21 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9058504/
ELLSWORTH, Kan. - Here in the heartland, the prairie homesteading tradition lives again.
Land — that coveted, crowded, pricey possession in America’s hot spots — can be had these days for nothing in a growing number of Great Plains communities.
Sagging populations prompted economic planners to offer juicy incentives inspired by the land giveaways to settlers in the mid-to late 1800s. And so, in the middle of Kansas, Maribel Juarez has rediscovered the town of her El Salvadoran childhood.
ELLSWORTH, Kan. - Here in the heartland, the prairie homesteading tradition lives again.
Land — that coveted, crowded, pricey possession in America’s hot spots — can be had these days for nothing in a growing number of Great Plains communities.
Sagging populations prompted economic planners to offer juicy incentives inspired by the land giveaways to settlers in the mid-to late 1800s. And so, in the middle of Kansas, Maribel Juarez has rediscovered the town of her El Salvadoran childhood.