Sunday, 11 December 2016

The Exciting Adventure Of Homestead Living

By Virginia Stewart


In American history, people can often come across pioneers who started out by putting stakes on land in the public domain. The term is used for land that has not been titled by public or private owners or government. Only basic state sovereignty applies, even if the state in question has not inspected the land nor has uses or plans for it.

It can be said, therefore, that it is free for anyone who wants to build a home or farm there. This is basically how homesteading works, when a family or a group starts out with subsistence farming and hoping that the they are later rewarded. Alaska homestead is no longer the beneficiary of government homestead acts that made it legal for many people.

Homesteading used to be for young families, but there are so many other alternatives to making a living nowadays that the practice has virtually been off the radar for many years. Officially, the practice ended with The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, discontinuing the free distribution of government owned land. However, this does not include tracts that are on the public domain.

Those with the patience and will to see things through can practice homesteading in Alaska. Although those that succeed are often those with the interest, the right skills for wilderness survival and farming. The reason is that the state is home to large snowbound areas with virtually no people and mostly found in the public domain.

The experience will really be a great adventure for those interested in it. There are other things that matter for the younger generation today, but homesteading had its renaissance with the counterculture era, when young people wished to go back to the land and enact the simplest ways of living.

There are still those who believe that the magic of the experience is worth it. Plus, there are so many areas available for living on still, on public domain and without restrictions from government. Anyone can virtually point in any direction and find something that might fit his or her idea of a place to plant stakes on.

It can sound too simple for words, but the reality is not. For one, the climate there is very hard to deal with, and only the few adventures, old natives and those who know of no other life can have a sort of comfortable life on it. The applicable philosophy is that of the fittest surviving on for the place in question.

For those who think they can make it on the state, a few essential items are needed. Basically the simplest implements on the list for cooking utensils, building and cutting tools, and tools for subsistence agriculture. There is no electricity since no lines go into the interior, and for lighting, people do with kerosene lamps.

The best things to have for the adventure is imagination and creativity, as with all challenging endeavors. With these, the right persons will be able to create viable alternative lifestyles. It is not an easy thing to do, but with a bit of luck, it is one of the most spiritually and mentally rewarding accomplishments any healthy and normal young person can have.




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