Information collected here will be used to create a story of your validated land grant parcel. By completing these questions, you agree to share your story on this public website. You will need access to the property's "Abstract of Title" to complete the Legal Description area. Legal Description County * - Select -AdairAdamsAllamakeeAppanooseAudubonBentonBlack HawkBooneBremerBuchananBuena VistaButlerCalhounCarrollCassCedarCerro GordoCherokeeChickasawClarkeClayClaytonClintonCrawfordDallasDavisDecaturDelawareDes MoinesDickinsonDubuqueEmmetFayetteFloydFranklinFremontGreeneGrundyGuthrieHamiltonHancockHardinHarrisonHenryHowardHumboldtIdaIowaJacksonJasperJeffersonJohnsonJonesKeokukKossuthLeeLinnLouisaLucasLyonMadisonMahaskaMarionMarshallMillsMitchellMononaMonroeMontgomeryMuscatineO'BrienOsceolaPagePalo AltoPlymouthPocahontasPolkPottawattamiePoweshiekRinggoldSacScottShelbySiouxStoryTamaTaylorUnionVan BurenWapelloWarrenWashingtonWayneWebsterWinnebagoWinneshiekWoodburyWorthWright Township * Please write the Township in the following format: T89N Range * Please write the Range in the following format: R43W Section * Please write the Section in the following format: Sec. 15 Most land-grant parcels were issued as 1/4 sections (160 acres) parcels. Please identify the 1/4 section descriptor which is generally found in the initial land description or in the first transaction to a private owner. (ex. N 1/2 - NE 1/4 or S 1/2 - SW 1/4) Original Quarter Section Location Descriptor Qtr Section Descriptor Half * 1/2 - Qtr Section Descriptor Quarter * 1/4 Email Address * Ownership of the Land How long have you owned the property and how have you used it? What changes have you made to the land? * People on the Land How long has the land been in your family? Where did they come from and did they have an agricultural background? * Caring for the land How do you feel about the land, what do you know about previous owners' attitude towards the land? Do you have any information about the history of this land? * Land Grant Are you familiar with the land grant act and its goals? Did you know this land was associated with the Morrill Land Grant Act? * Iowa State University Does your family have any connection - past or present - with Iowa State University? * Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Describe your relationship with ISU Extension and Outreach prior to learning you have a land grant parcel. How has that relationship changed since you learned you are part of the land grant legacy? * Image(s) Include an image/photoFiles must be less than 8 MB.Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png.
