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He began to acquire the Maine lands more than 150 years ago. [3] In 1997, the family's Seven Islands Land Company is believed to be the fourth largest private landowner in the United States, according to an analysis by Worth magazine. [4] Seven Islands is integrally tied to another family entity, Pingree Associates. As of 2017, the Pingree ...
Swampland in Florida is a figure of speech referring to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known in the United States in the 20th century, and the phrase is often used metaphorically for any scam that misrepresents what is being sold.
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
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A U.S. federal law, the Swamp Land Act of 1850, [1] fully titled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits", essentially provided a mechanism for reverting title of federally-owned swampland to states which would agree to drain the land and turn it to productive, agricultural use. [2]
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The Topsham quarries are located in the Cathance Nature Preserve in Topsham, Maine. The group of quarries consist of Havey Quarry, Trenton Quarry, Alice Staples Quarry, and Square Pit. These quarries were dug in the 1800s for minerals. Today Havey Quarry is owned by Richard Carrier and is still used for collecting minerals.
The Bingham Purchase refers to several tracts of land in the U.S. state of Maine, [1] formerly owned by William Bingham.. These lands were granted to early colonizers in the 1630s, and became part of the larger Waldo Patent, named after Samuel Waldo, who acquired the land grants in 1720.