Donation Land Claim Act
Also known as: An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to provide for the Survey, and to make DOnations to Settlers of the said Public Lands. · Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 · Donation Land Act · Oregon Donation Land Act · Oregon Land Law
The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, sometimes known as the Donation Land Act, was a statute enacted by the United States Congress in late 1850, intended to promote homestead settlements in the Oregon Territory.
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legislative incentive for migration
This 1850 federal law provided free land to settlers who arrived in the Oregon Territory, serving as a primary economic driver for the trail's peak usage.