The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as many other pioneers, with an opportunity to acquire land and establish family farms. To the land-hungry immigrants, the tough prairie sod seemed a golden opportunity and they conquered it by hard work.
Harry S. TrumanIn my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Harry S. TrumanAmerica was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. Truman