Establishing Homestead
Join in for another update of Confluence Region.
This update will continue last week's focus on the new residents of the region. As you will see, the settlement has been successful, and drew more people in...
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Establishing Homestead:
It's late 1878. The four founding men - Goodman, Solomon, Barnett and Katz - have been relying on regular shippments of supplies for about 6 months. At the start, dissatisfaction was significant to the group, due to the remote location of their camp.
Only one man, Joel M. Solomon - who was the leader of the group - was certain that they will succeed.
He sailed numerous times back to the old land, in order to partipicate on "Gateway to Hope" assemblies, and has successfully convinced 12 people to join the effort of establishing the first settlement on the new region, now called Confluence region.
Two years later, in the summer of 1880, a bystander could not guess that the small camp would develop to its current state.
The first 12 people drew more and more settlers to Homestead, and begun working to make it suitable their needs:
The nearby trees were cut for firewood and building huts for the founders and married couples; Imported maize and barley took roots at the lush soil to feed the growing needs for food, without relying on the weekly shipments; And the small creek to the east turned into the permanent water source.
Up next are some rare photos from the early years of Homestead.
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Homestead Colony, 1880:
This mosaic is big - Beware! 
Next update will focus on the development of Homestead, this time with more details and at zoom 5!
Thanks for watching/commenting!
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