Life on isolated rural area 150 years ago, was a difficult living style. For one, there were no shops to purchase goods for your family. Most likely, you would be living as a farmer or rancher to make ends meet. At this time in the Great Plains, there was a great demand for cattle. As a result, even towns sparked up because of it. In other parts of the country, you could choose to grow crops to sell to far-away towns. Either way, the government would support you choosing this as your lifestyle under the Homestead Act. Under the Homestead Act, any farmer who was a citizen of America could have 160 acres of land. Although being isolated in a rural area can be challenging, governments often offered an incentive for it.
