7 Towns Where Land is Still Free Written by Reid Rosenthal on July 29, 2014 · Have a comment? As small towns suffer from a continuing flight from rural toward-more urban living, some economic development groups and governments in these troubled areas have chosen to stay and fight. The Homestead Act of 1862 is no longer in effect, but free land is still available out there in the great wide open (often literally in […] Continue reading here »