“ A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm. ”
- James Thomas Fields- Copy
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“ Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance. ”
- Paul Martin- Copy
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“ It had opened up millions of acres to cultivation, given homesteads to millions of people, many of whom were immigrants from Europe, developed mineral lands of incalculable value, created several new great States, and made the American nation a unified whole. ”
- John Moody- Copy
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“ You know, I find a very strong correlation between Kansas City and my native Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh had two fine Negro Leagues teams, the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. And Pittsburgh was also a hotbed of jazz in the '30s and '40s-Lena Home, Billy Eckstein, Ahmad Jamal-we too had some very important musicians come out of Pittsburgh. ”
- August Wilson- Copy
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