Buying Homes in the 1800's-1910-ish?

I have a question about buying homes... Where do people go when they want to own a piece of land in like the prairies...





Example : I live in the 1870's, I live in toronto, it is very crowded... I saw an advertisement and i want to move to the prairies now because they said Cheap land...





Now im confused... where do the people go to buy lands O_O''Buying Homes in the 1800's-1910-ish?
Usually they would travel to a town and ask around. There usually was an office in town that sold land and gave deeds.Buying Homes in the 1800's-1910-ish?
Get a realtor or maybe a travel agent for help.

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