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  • Free land, but bring your own job (in the great state of Kansas)

    05/04/2005 2:02:18 AM PDT · by ajolympian2004 · 33 replies · 2,050+ views
    KUSA 9News website ^ | May 3rd, 2005 | Demetria Gallegos & Gregg Moss
    ATWOOD, Kan. - A hundred and forty years after the Homestead Act helped populate the American West, small towns in Kansas are turning to it again, to draw new residents and new economic development. Three hours east of Denver, Atwood, Kansas is losing ground. Census figures from 2000 showed 1,279 people living there, about a hundred fewer than in 1994. So, back in November, city leaders decided to offer home-sized lots for free to anyone willing to build. "I'm getting interest from every state of the union and Mexico," said Arlene Bliss, director of economic development for Rawlins County, KS....