Timber-Culture Certificate
Title
Timber-Culture Certificate
Subject
Paper Documents, Early Nebraska Deeds and Certificates
Description
Certificate for Albert More, a family ancestor of Terrence and Sara Holoubeck. The certificate is original, paper, and stamped with United States Seal. The certificate was issued as part of the 1873 Timber Culture Act by Congress to encourage settlers to plant trees. This particular certificate, no. 475 application 2142, was issued for encouraging tree planting near/around Grand Island, Nebraska and granted More 160 acres to do so. The other interesting aspect of this artifact is that the two Presidential signatures of Benjamin Harrison do not match. The Holoubecks believe that one or both were signed by Secretary M. McKean for President Harrison.
Creator
The United States Congress
Source
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
Albert More
General Land Office of the United States
Date
1874-1878
1873
1892 (Certificate Issue Date)
06/20/2015
Contributor
April White
Dr. Jinny Turman
Rights
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
Relation
http://www.mnopedia.org/thing/timber-culture-act-1873
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/timeline/timber_culture_act_1873.htm
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/broadsides_bdsks10468/
Format
JPEG
Paper Document
Language
English
Coverage
Grand Island, Nebraska
Washington D.C.
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Original Format
Paper Document
Files
Collection
Citation
The United States Congress, “Timber-Culture Certificate,” History Harvest, accessed October 31, 2025, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/1058.