A day of family activities highlighting the Homestead Act and its impact on North Dakota will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 20 at the North Dakota Heritage Center.

It will include Jerry Tweton, the Gary Miller Family from Mandan, singer-songwriter Chuck Suchy, demonstrations and other programs reflecting how homesteaders went about their daily lives quilting, sewing, farming and other activities.

For more information about Homesteading Day, contact the SHSND's curator of education Marilyn Snider at 328-2792 or e-mail at msnyder@;nd.gov.