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Hunting Land For Sale in Texas – What Makes Land Good Hunting Property

If you are a first timer at purchasing hunting land in Texas, or just land in general, there is one thing you may overlook that is important.  We will start with that.  I know it sounds obvious but price is very vital to everyone and no matter what your budget is, you should not be any different.  What affects the price?  If the hunting land is “ready” to hunt, of course it is going to cost more per acre.  But if it’s not, think of the work you must put in to get it ready to hunt.  Like bulldozer work if you can’t ride a four wheeler on it. This will cost thousands of dollars.  For a 40 acre tract of land, if you have to hire a dozer, it could cost you between $55 and $155 hourly.  So, even if you pay a lot less per acre, you will have to put some money into it to get the land good for hunting.

We have already established that it will cost you for dozer work. A general rule of thumb on 40 acres with no stumps to grub will cost around $6,000.00 just for a good boundary clearing.  A 40 acre land tract is a quarter mile long for each line, so you know that will take a little bit to clear.  Beyond that, we need to look at whether there is good border fencing, well established deer and turkey plots, creek and river frontage, gates, deer stands, what kind of deer stands if the property has some, timber value in today’s market and the potential 10 to 20 year growth projection.  You can use a quality timber management company, such as Jeff Taylor Forestry Services Inc. to give you some idea on timber value.  I have twenty years practice buying and selling timber and still miss values sometime.  The value of things, such as river frontage or creek frontage is really in your eyes as the buyer. You know the saying, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. If you are buying it, how important is it to you? It is what it is worth to you. Water frontage on good hunting land for sale in Texas is going to be more expensive, but the value is greater.  Deer like water, and it makes the property prettier, especially if cleared around it.

Consider these land plus items (boundary clearing, creek front, river front) when you are buying good well maintained hunting land for sale in Texas.  You will feel better about what you pay for if the property contains these land plus items and this will help you negotiate a better price when you get ready to close your loan.

 

About the Author

Chuck Magee has been in the real estate business for two decades and has launched land for sale websites like http://www.oregon-landsource.com, http://nevada-landsource.com, and http://california-landsource.com.

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Sunshine Acres $19.99 “Welcome to Sunshine Acres, where you make your living off the land! Between the rooster’s call and the supper bell, you’ll plant, water and cultivate your crops, then store away your harvest until you have enough to fill your truck and send it to market. With the cash you earn, you’ll be able to upgrade your equipment and purchase production mills that can turn your harvest into the products consumers want. Do you have what it takes to turn a simple parcel of land into a sprawling farmland? Of course you do! So slip into your overalls and dig into Sunshine Acres, a game for the farmer in everyone!”

Thirty Acres $11.59 One of the most important books to come out of Quebec, Thirty Acres traces the course of one man’s life as he enters into the age-old rhythms of the land and of the seasons. At the same time, it is a novel on a grand social scale, spanning and documenting the tumultuous half-century in which a new, industrial urban society crowded out Quebec’s traditional rural one. Winner of the Governor General’s Award and numerous other national and international literary prizes, Thirty Acres is a universal story of birth and death, renewal and reversal, ascent and decline, and a masterpiece of irony and realism. From the Paperback edition.

Forty Acres $27.94 This spellbinding tale, filled with engaging characters, heroes and villains alike, confronts the land-use crisis in America. With chilling affect, this story foreshadows the look and feel of the mid-21st-century given the continued loss of land to commercial and residential development. In Murrin’s fictional America, the federal government enacts radical legislation in an attempt to control land-use practices, resulting in a political landscape that is unrecognizable. Local power brokers quickly learn to manipulate the new system, outlawing dissension groups while continuing to devour open space at an alarming rate. However, despite being driven underground, the tiny Land Preservation Society (LPS) remains determined to save as many acres as they can. As Tom Sanders struggles to keep the LPS together, he pins his last hope on holding the line at Meador Farms, rumored to be an ancient Native American burial ground, making it a possible deterrence to development. Tom is in for the race of his life, as he desperately tries to save his beloved property.

Roaring Acres $5.49 A land rush creates chaos and killings as a cattle outfit, a gunman, and a determined family all seek to stake their claim.

Ten Acres Alive $7.99 Do you yearn for a peaceful place with a little land, a pretty river running through it, and lots of trees, lots of sunshine, a happy place away from the crowded chaotic world? Then here it is on my ten acres. This book is a sequel to "Ten Acres." You can get comfortably lost in it. Relax and enjoy.

Nanny Acres $15.94 Nanny Acres and her dog Henry Daly, are tricked by a mean leprechaun King into kidnapping his niece, Princess Tara. Nanny’s kindness and innocence brings out the best in King Brian, and they are invited to the leprechaun dance on midsummer’s eve. Nanny, Henry Daly and her new friend Ned dress up in their Sunday best and go to the dance. On their way to the dance, Princess Tara and King Brian’s brother, King Rory are caught by a mean man named Bull Cullen. Bull is looking for the crock of gold and is ready to surrender Princess Tara and King Rory to the Banshee, a mean old witch who takes all her victims into her Banshee’s Cradle in the heart of the forest. Nanny, Ned and Henry Daly rescue them. For their bravery, they are presented with a gold whistle each and two magic ponies. The gold whistles give them the same magic powers as a leprechaun. One day, while out beachcombing on their ponies, they come across footprints in the sand. These footprints are the beginning of an adventure, which land them in the heart of the Banshee’s Cradle.

Ten Acres Enough $15.85 Ten years after Henry David Thoreau learned how to be a poor farmer, Edmund Morris learned how to be a good one. Ten Acres Enough is the personal story of how Morris quit the publishing business and achieved happiness and prosperity by farming ten acres of fruits and berries. Rather than glorifying poverty and isolation, Ten Acres Enough shows farming as the path to financial security, while still providing all the benefits of country life-provided that the farmer understands that the key lies in producing crops of the highest possible quality, while living within striking distance of a major market. Five Acres Enough has left its mark on generations of back-to-the-land farmers. Its influence on both the title and the contents of M. G. Kains’ classic Five Acres and Independence (1935) is obvious. And it is benefiting readers today, whether as a piece of Americana or as a source of small-farm ideas and inspiration. Through nearly 150 years old, Ten Acres Enough remains a fascinating book. However, the passage of time is making the original edition increasingly inaccessible due to its archaic vocabulary and style. This "Revived Edition" has been copy-edited to restore its clarity.

Three Acres and Liberty $14.98 One hour a day spent in a garden ten yards long by seven wide will supply vegetables enough for a family of six. Bolton Hall wrote Three Acres and Liberty as a guide to city people who want to support a family with a small plot of land. He shows how a small tract of land near a town can be easily affordable and how a family can use the land in the most productive manner. Besides farming the author discusses limber for profit, transportation of crops, the difficulty of getting farm loans, and mosquitoes. This book is an excellent overview for anyone contemplating starting a small farm for food or profit.

Sunshine Acres (Mac) $6.95 There's a blue sky above you and a vast stretch of soil before you. So get ready to plant, till and water to your heart's content! It's all in a day's work as you cultivate your land, harvest your crop and take it to market, making every effort to earn the most money for your labor. The more cash you rake in, the quicker you'll be able to upgrade your equipment and turn your crops into the products consumers want! Almost two years in the making, Sunshine Acres features a…

Ten Acres Enough: A Practical Experience $24.62 Ten years after Henry David Thoreau learned how to be a poor farmer, Edmund Morris learned how to be a good one. Ten Acres Enough is the personal story of how Morris quit the publishing business and achieved happiness and prosperity by farming ten acres of fruits and berries. Rather than glorifying poverty and isolation, Ten Acres Enough shows farming as the path to financial security, while still providing all the benefits of country life-provided that the farmer understands that the key lies in producing crops of the highest possible quality, while living within striking distance of a major market. Five Acres Enough has left its mark on generations of back-to-the-land farmers. Its influence on both the title and the contents of M. G. Kains’ classic Five Acres and Independence (1935) is obvious. And it is benefiting readers today, whether as a piece of Americana or as a source of small-farm ideas and inspiration. Through nearly 150 years old, Ten Acres Enough remains a fascinating book. However, the passage of time is making the original edition increasingly inaccessible due to its archaic vocabulary and style. This "Revived Edition" has been copy-edited to restore its clarity.

40 Acres and No Mule $21.61 " In the late 1940s, Janice and Henry Giles moved from Louisville, Kentucky, back to the Appalachian hill country where Henry had grown up a d where his family had lived since the time of the Revolution. With their savings, the couple bought a ramshackle house and forty acres of land on a ridge top and set out to be farmers like Henry’s forebears. To this personal account of the trials of a city woman trying to learn the ways of the country and of her neightbors, Janice Holt Giles brings the same warmth, homor, and powers of observation that characterize her novels. Enlightening and evocative, personal and universally pertinent, this description of a year of ""backaches, fun, low ebbs, and high tides, and above all a year of eminent satisfaction"" will be welcomed by Janice Holt Giles’s many readers, old and new."

Ten Acres Is Enough $17.17 Recently we have seen a great back-to-the-land movement, with many young professional people returning to small scale farming; thus it is great fun to read about someone who did exactly the same thing in 1864. In that year, Mr. Edmund Morris gave up his business and city life for a farm of ten acres, made a go of mixed farming and then wrote a book about it. Mr. Morris proves Abraham Lincoln’s prediction: ‘The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.’ This book has something for everyone; for the small farmer, the home gardener, the city dweller who wonders whether there might not be a better life in the country — and for anyone who has an idea, and needs just a spark of courage and inspiration to make it happen. This book may be about farming and homesteading, and indeed it is a delightfully readable autobiography of a farmer in the America of the 1860s, but it also about much, much more. The challenges that faced the author are timeless, as are his courage, commitment, and ingenuity. There are insights for anyone, farmer or not, in this book. This is a new edition of this title. The text has been extensively re-edited for today’s reader.

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Three Million Acres Of Flame $4.49 For Skye Haverill and her family, it begins as an ordinary day. But in the annals of Canadian history, October 7, 1825, is the date of one of our greatest national disasters.The Haverill family has been turned upside down in the last year. Following the death of their mother, Skye and her brother, Tavish, have adjusted to live with a single parent. And when they're asked to make another adjustment — when his father remarries and his new wife becomes pregnant — Skye finds that some changes are too much to handle.But family struggles quickly become irrelevant when the Haverills and their community are caught up in the Miramichi Fire, the largest land fire in North American history. As the family and the town struggle through the fire and the devastating aftermath, all must find a way to rebuild homes and relationships.

Three Million Acres of Flame $7.05 For Skye Haverill and her family, it begins as an ordinary day. But in the annals of Canadian history, October 7, 1825, is the date of one of our greatest national disasters. The Haverill family has been turned upside down in the last year. Following the death of their mother, Skye and her brother, Tavish, have adjusted to live with a single parent. And when they’re asked to make another adjustment — when his father remarries and his new wife becomes pregnant — Skye finds that some changes are too much to handle. But family struggles quickly become irrelevant when the Haverills and their community are caught up in the Miramichi Fire, the largest land fire in North American history. As the family and the town struggle through the fire and the devastating aftermath, all must find a way to rebuild homes and relationships.

Five Acres and Independence $36.17 Contents Include: City Vs Country Life – Tried and True Ways to Fail – Who is likely to Succeed? – Figures Don’t Lie – The Farm to Choose – Where to Locate – Lay and Lay-Out of Land – Wind-Breaks, Pro and Con – Essential Factors of Production – Renting Vs Buying – Capital – Farm Finance – Farm Accounts – Water Supply – Sewage Disposal – Functions of Water – Drainage – Irrigation – Frost Damage Prevention – Live Stock – Poultry – Bees – Greenhouses – Coldframes and Hotbeds – Soils and Their Care – Manures – Commercial Fertilizers – Green manures and Cover Crops – Lime – Compost – Cropping Systems – Soil Surface Management – Weeds – Tools – Re-Making a Neglected Orchard – Fruit Tree Pruning – Grafting Fruit Trees – How to Avoid Nursery Stock Losses – Vegetable Crops to Avoid and to Choose – Seeds and Seeding – Transplanting – Plants for Sale – Something to Sell Every day – Strawberries – Grapes – Bush and Cane Fruits – Small Farm Fruit Gardens – Selection of Tree Fruits – Storage of Fruits and Vegetables – Essentials of Spraying and Dusting

Nanny Acres by OLearyCoggins, Annette [Paperback] $22.31 Nanny Acres and her dog Henry Daly, are tricked by a mean leprechaun King into kidnapping his niece, Princess Tara. Nannys kindness and innocence brings out the best in King Brian, and they are invited to the leprechaun dance on midsummers eve. Nanny, Henry Daly and her new friend Ned dress up in their Sunday best and go to the dance. On their way to the dance, Princess Tara and King Brians brother, King Rory are caught by a mean man named Bull Cullen. Bull is looking for the crock of gold and is ready to surrender Princess Tara and King Rory to the Banshee, a mean old witch who takes all her victims into her Banshees Cradle in the heart of the forest. Nanny, Ned and Henry Daly rescue them. For their bravery, they are presented with a gold whistle each and two magic ponies. The gold whistles give them the same magic powers as a leprechaun. One day, while out beachcombing on their ponies, they come across footprints in the sand. These footprints are the beginning of an adventure, which land them in the heart of the Banshees Cradle. Author: OLearyCoggins, Annette Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 136 Publication Date: 2005/03/01 Age Level: 04 12 Language: English Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.00 x 0.32 inches

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We Wanted a Farm: A Back-To-The-Land Adventure by the Author of "Five Acres and Independence" $14.66 Best known for his classic handbook, "Five Acres and Independence," M. G. Kains contributed a second gem to back-to-the-land literature: his true-life adventures in "We Wanted a Farm." Kains shows how he and his family moved from New York City apartments to a full-fledged farm in easy stages: first to a rented suburban house where they grew a large vegetable garden, then in a purchased suburban house where they concentrated on fruits and berries, and finally on a full-blown farm where they went into fruits and berries in a big way. Kains Dont quit your day job approach allowed them to gain experience without betting the farm: not until they were ready. First published in 1941, Norton Creek Press is proud to bring this charming book back into print.

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Five Acres and Independence: A Handbook for Small Farm Management $10.04 This classic of the back-to-the-land movement is packed with solid, timeless information. Written by a renowned horticulturist, it has taught generations how to make their land self-sufficient, with explanations of organic farming techniques and reliable advice on other topics, including irrigation, livestock, crops, greenhouses, fertilizers, much more. 95 figures.

The Exact Same Moon: Fifty Acres And A Family $8.59 In Fifty Acres and a Poodle , Jeanne Marie Laskas described how she survived her first hilariously tumultuous year at Sweetwater Farm. Now she returns with a funny, touching, and personal new memoir of what happens after your dream comes true… With a picture-postcard farm, a wonderful marriage, two mules, and a new refrigerator that spits crushed ice, what more can a girl ask for? That’s precisely the question Jeanne Marie asks herself as she and Alex settle into their new life at Sweetwater Farm. Two years ago they left the city behind for a life filled with the practical, often comical, lessons of living close to the land and they never looked back. Yet when her strong-willed mom is hospitalized with a sudden and mysterious paralysis, Jeanne Marie rushes home to Philadelphia and her extended, sometimes chaotic, but always loving family. It’s there that she realizes what is still missing from her life: a family of her own. Now it’s a matter of bringing up the subject to her husband, Alex, fifteen years older and with adult children of his own, who seems terrified that she’s thinking of adopting a Chihuahua. With warmth, wisdom, and unfailing humor, Laskas tells the poignant story of her search for motherhood and what happens when a woman risks happily-ever-after for something even more precious. As she tends to her own ailing mother, Jeanne Marie discovers that the challenges and rewards of living with Mother Nature pale in comparison to those awakened by the nature of mothering. The Exact Same Moon is filled with hilarious and heartwarming vignettes of people and a way of life you’ll be glad you met. From "borrowing" sheep to help mow the lawn and sitting in on the racy hay jokes at the Agway Equine Clinic, to befriending the notorious old lady who holds the water rights to their future pond, corrupting the neighbors with satellite TV, and learning the fine art of going a-calling, Laskas proves once again that laughter, love, and wisdom are truly homegrown. From the Hardcover edition.

A Few Good Acres: The Odyssey of Thomas Beaty and His Descendants in America $28.24 A poor but determined young Scots-Irish immigrant, Thomas Beaty, worked his way across colonial Pennsylvania contending with Indians, blizzards and uncertain land titles until he and his hardy wife were able to buy a steep farm on the frontier. There, they raised their twelve children. As successive generations follow the frontier westward battling tornados, alcoholism, locusts, prairie fires, betrayal, drought, and disease, they prosper amid the booms and busts of the changing rural economy. Through hard work and determination some of them manage to hang on to a few good acres of rich farm land. "A Few Good Acres" tells the story of the Beaty family from the very beginning when Tom and his brother, Will, take the boat to America from Ireland to find a place to call home. Tom Beaty and the generations to follow will explore the frontier to find good land on which to farm and raise their families.

A Daughter of the Land $25.01 A Daughter of the Land (1918) by Gene Stratton Porter is, above all, a love song of a woman and the land from which she sprung. Kate Bates, tireless and hardworking, strapping and robust, stubborn and headstrong, is a sterling example of the American work ethic, the youngest daughter of a tight-fisted land baron — Adam Bates, the Land King of Bates Corners, Hartley, Indiana — and the sibling of a whole brood of Bates sons and daughters. The family has an intense relationship with the many acres of land they possess. Kate is the only one who rebels against her father, running away to make a difficult life for herself on her own terms — and to escape the one man she cannot have and who has touched her heart. Her world is filled with "man’s work," with tough loves and passionate hates, with seasons of cultivating land other than her own, despair, disappointment, and fulfillment in the eleventh hour. All throughout, Kate makes the best of things and "takes the wings of morning" until she can truly fly. And always, the land, in its glory, beckons.

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Forty Acres & a Red Belly Ford: The Smith Family of Calloway County $17.59 "40 Acres and A Red Belly Ford: The Smith Family of Calloway County is a thoughtful tribute to 10 generations of the Smith family, but more importantly, it brings alive the history of Kentucky and its farming families. It’s a special treat for readers who didn’t grow up on a farm as they will learn a great deal about what it was like through these colorful tales of family life." -Bill Cunningham, Kentucky Supreme Court Justice and author of On Bended Knees: The Night Riders Story and Castle: The Story of a Kentucky Prison"The Smith family of Calloway County has provided us with a story of courage and survival in the face of modern day challenges brought on by the tobacco buyout program, immigration issues and foreign markets. It is refreshing to know that families can still thrive on the farm in Kentucky in the 21st century. In their new book, 40 Acres and A Red Belly Ford: The Smith Family of Calloway County, the Smiths tell engaging stories of farm and family life that also reveal their tender care of the land. In doing so they are weaving a legacy for their own descendants and all Kentuckians."William T. Turner, Christian County Historian

Ten Acres Enough: A Practical Experience, Showing How a Very Small Farm May Be Made to Keep a Very L $24.61 Ten years after Henry David Thoreau learned how to be a poor farmer, Edmund Morris learned how to be a good one. Ten Acres Enough is the personal story of how Morris quit the publishing business and achieved happiness and prosperity by farming ten acres of fruits and berries. Rather than glorifying poverty and isolation, Ten Acres Enough shows farming as the path to financial security, while still providing all the benefits of country life-provided that the farmer understands that the key lies in producing crops of the highest possible quality, while living within striking distance of a major market. Five Acres Enough has left its mark on generations of back-to-the-land farmers. Its influence on both the title and the contents of M. G. Kains’ classic Five Acres and Independence (1935) is obvious. And it is benefiting readers today, whether as a piece of Americana or as a source of small-farm ideas and inspiration. Through nearly 150 years old, Ten Acres Enough remains a fascinating book. However, the passage of time is making the original edition increasingly inaccessible due to its archaic vocabulary and style. This "Revived Edition" has been copy-edited to restore its clarity.

Ten Acres Enough – The Classic 1864 Guide to Independent Farming $35.91 Contents Include: City Experiences, Moderate Expectations – Practical Views, Safety of Investments in Land – Resolved to Go, escape from Business, Choosing a Location – Buying a Farm – A Long Search – Anxiety to Sell – Forced to Quit – Making a Purchase – First Impressions – Planting a Peach Orchard – How to Preserve Peach Trees – Planting raspberries and Strawberries – Tricks of the Nursery – Blackberries – A Remarkable Coincidence – The Garden – Female management – Comforts and Profits – Cheated in a Cow – A Good and A Bad One – The Saint of the Barnyard – A Cloud of Weeds – Great Sales of Plants – Pigs and Poultry – Luck and Ill Luck – City and Country Life Contrasted – Two Acres in Truck – Revolution in Agriculture – Birds, and the Services they Render – Close of my First Year – Its Loss and gain – My Second Year – Trenching the Garden – Strawberry Profits – Raspberries – The lawtons – Liquid manures – An Illustration – My Third Year – Liquid Manure – Three Years Results – A Barnyard Manufactory – Land Enough – Faith in Manure – Profits of Fruit-growing – The Trade in Berries – Gentleman-Farming – Establishing a Home – Unsuccessful Men – Rebellion not Ruinous to Northern Agriculture – Where to Locate – East or West

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Maxwell Land Grant $32.5 When the United States acquired New Mexico by invasion and conquest, it inherited a land grant problem of considerable magnitude. This problem continued for decades until 1870 when Congress suddenly declined to act at all on any New Mexico grant claim including the 1841 Maxwell Land Grant which embraced almost two million acres. Author: Keleher, William Aloysius Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 216 Publication Date: 2008/01/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.49 inches

This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone $7.4 Set on a rugged coastal homestead during the 1970s, "This Life Is in Your Hands" introduces a superb young writer driven by the need to uncover the truth of a childhood tragedy and connect anew with the beauty and vitality of the back-to-the-land ideal that shaped her early years. In the fall of 1968, Melissa Coleman’s parents, Eliot and Sue–a handsome, idealistic young couple from well-to-do families–pack a few essentials into their VW truck and abandon the complications of modern reality to carve a farm from the woods. They move to a remote peninsula on the coast of Maine and become disciples of Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of the homesteading bible "Living the Good Life." On sixty acres of sandy, intractable land, Eliot and Sue begin to forge a new existence, subsisting on the crops they grow and building a home with their own hands. While they establish a happy family and achieve their visionary goals, the pursuit of a purer, simpler life comes at a price. Winters are long and lean, summers frenetic with the work of the harvest, and the distraction of the many young farm apprentices threatens the Colemans’ marriage. Then, one summer day when Melissa is seven, her three-year-old sister, Heidi, wanders off and drowns in the pond where she liked to play. In the wake of the accident, ideals give way to human frailty, divorce, and a mother’s breakdown–and ultimately young Melissa is abandoned to the care of neighbors. What really happened, and who, if anyone, is to blame? "This Life Is in Your Hands" is the search to understand a complicated past; a true story, both tragic and redemptive, it tells of the quest to make a good life, the role of fate, and the power of forgiveness.

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Snake River Land Company $78.07 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Snake River Land Company was a land purchasing company established in 1927 by philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. The company acted as a front so Rockefeller could buy land in the Jackson Hole valley in Wyoming without people knowing of his involvement or his intentions for the property, and have the land held until the National Park Service could administer it. The company launched a campaign to purchase more than 35,000 acres for 1.4 million but faced 15 years of opposition by ranchers and a refusal by the Park Service to take the land. Allegations that the company conspired with the Park Service by using illegal land purchasing tactics led to United States Senate subcommittee meetings in 1933 during which the company and the service were exonerated. Hard times during the Great Depression alleviated opposition by ranchers to sell. Discouraged by the stalemate, Rockefeller sent a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt telling him that if the federal government did not accept the land that it will be my thought to make some other disposition of it or to sell it in the market to any satisfactory buyers. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Publication Date: 2010/07/04 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.25 inches

Acres of Diamonds $19.7 THOUGH Russell H. Conwell’s Acres of Diamonds have been spread all over the United States time and care have made them more valuable and now that they have been reset in black and white by their discoverer they are to be laid in the hands of a multitude for their enrichment.

Journey to Hopi Land $17.12 Welcome to Hopi Land: turquoise skies, sun-washed pueblos, traditional lifeways, and modern people. Visit the land, art, and culture of the Hopi people, with Anna Silas, director of the Hopi Cultural Center Museum, as your guide. Hopi Land, located in northern Arizona, encompasses three spectacular mesas surrounded by 1.6 million acres of "tutsqua," or homeland. Here the Hopi people have lived continuously since A.D. 500, following a way of life based on humility, cooperation, respect, and earth stewardship. Throughout this beautifully illustrated book, historical and cultural information comes to life in vintage and contemporary photographs. Illustrations also showcase world-famous Hopi arts and crafts, including pottery, textiles, jewelry, basketry, architecture, painting, and woodcarvings of divine ancestral spirits called "katsinam," 35 color & b/w photos.

Acres Aweigh! $14.83 Those who see Naval Station Mayport as it is today may not realize that the property where they now stand once held a thriving resort called Wonderwood By-The-Sea. Acres Aweigh is the story of that time, and of the woman who developed the resort, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Stark. Get to know and love this fascinating, courageous and groundbreaking woman as young tug master Overby himself knew her. But Acres Aweigh is more than Mrs Stark’s story. It is also the story of a growing Navy base during the author’s tour of duty there and his adventures aboard his aging tugboat, jokingly called "June-Moon-Uniform." It will bring a knowing smile to the face of any sailor who’s ever served at Mayport or aboard a Navy ship.

Free Land $14.58 In the 1880s, when adventure lay in the conquest of the prairies, David Beaton and his bride came to Dakota to claim three hundred acres of grassland. Rose Wilder Lane tells of their struggle to survive with such force that "Free Land" has become a classic frontier novel. The young couple experience cyclones, droughts, and blizzards that isolate them for days in their sod shanty and endanger their livestock. The simple pleasures of home cooking, horse trading, and socializing interrupt work, here described in its wealth of variety. In every detail, "Free Land" comes to life because Lane grew up in the time and place of which she writes. The book embodies her belief that "living is never easy, that all human history is a record of achievement in disaster, and that our great asset is the valor of the American spirit." Like the Beatons of this novel, Rose Wilder Lane’s parents homesteaded in Dakota. Lane was a successful novelist and journalist when, in the 1930s, she encouraged and helped her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, to write the "Little House on the Prairie" books that were later dramatized for television.

A Thousand Acres $5.9 A successful Iowa farmer decides to divide his farm between his three daughters. When the youngest objects, she is cut out of his will. This sets off a chain of events that brings dark truths to light and explodes long-suppressed emotions. An ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare’ s King Lear cast upon a typical American community in the late twentieth century, A Thousand Acres takes on themes of truth, justice, love, and pride, and reveals the beautiful yet treacherous topography of humanity.

Van Diemens Land Company $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Van Diemens Land Company (also found as Van Dieman Land Company) was created in 1824, received a Royal Charter in 1825 and was granted 250,000 acres (1,000 km ) in northwest Tasmania in 1826 citation needed]. The company was a group of London merchants who planned a wool growing venture to supply the needs of the British textile industry. The company established its headquarters at Circular Head under the management of Edward Carr who arrived in Tasmania in 1826. Much of the initial cargo, stock and farm labourers arrived in Tasmania aboard the Tranmere. Some of the settlers refused to adapt to their new surroundings. For instance they did not recognise that in the southern hemisphere the seasons were reversed. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010/08/22 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.23 inches

Wise Acres $3.95 There has never been a more bucolic farm than Wise Acres. There the sun always shines, the sky is always blue, and the breezes are always gentle. The inhabitants of the barnyard — an assortment of busy, caring, and totally off-the-wall farm animals — pass their days peacefully in song, dance, and storytelling. That is, until something goes wrong. Then the animals cannot resist rushing in to help each other — with hilarious results. In three episodes noteworthy for their straight-faced humor, George Shannon creates a world of lovable, zany animals who establish a special brand of illogic that children will take to heart, while Deborah Zemke’s action-packed portrayals of the Wise Acre antics are as fresh and original as the barnyard creatures themselves.

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A Fool and Forty Acres: Conjuring a Vineyard Three Thousand Miles from Burgundy $3.95 "foreword by Jamie Kennedy " "A Fool and Forty Acres" is Heinricks’ beautifully written account of leaving behind the rat race, slowing life down, and establishing an intimate relationship with one small parcel of land in a magical corner of Canada. You won’t find Prince Edward County on any map of the world’s great wine regions. Yet it is to this dollop of rolling limestone in eastern Lake Ontario that Geoff Heinricks brought his young family in pursuit of a dream of creating a truly world class wine. The County, as the locals call it, is a long way from the Niagara Peninsula, and three thousand miles from Burgundy, yet Heinricks and a few hardy souls like him claim that their wines will one day rival those of the legendary French province. A self-described 21st-century peasant, Heinricks follows the seasons in his vineyards with exquisite attention, from digging the earth, to grafting and planting the vines, to trellising and pruning, to tending the young grapes, to harvesting the fruits of his labours. Along the way, he sketches the human history of the area, the native peoples whose tools and clay shards are heaved up by the soil, and the United Empire Loyalists, whose tidy barns and farmhouses still dot the landscape today. He also presents a cast of his colourful County neighbours: from old-school farmers to refugees like him from the city, convinced in the wisdom of producing and consuming locally the very best food and wine in harmony with the land.

Cherokee Strip Land Rush $18.74 On September 16, 1893, over 100,000 people converged on the edges of six million acres just south of the Kansas border, a parcel officially designated the Cherokee Outlet but more commonly called the Cherokee Strip. This was the largest of the rushes, where officials threw open whole parcels of land at one time. The opening of the outlet drew people with a wide mix of motivations. Those who arrived that stifling September found heat, dust, wretched conditions, high prices — and hope. Among them was William Prettyman, whose photographs remain the most stirring record of the event. When the starting gun went off at noon, the blurred images of people and animals racing across the dusty terrain became part of the memory of a whole region.

Land Raiders – DVD $9.83 Rated: NRSynopsis: Synopsis:A ruthless Arizona rancher, Vince Cardon (Telly Savalas) believes in only two things: land and power. So when the US Government announces its plan to give Forge River Valley to the Indians, Vince kills Washington’s envoy and frames the Apache for his murder. Inciting the townspeople to attack and wipe out the tribe, Vince plans to claim the two million acres for himself. And all that stands in his way is Paul (George Maharis), his vengeance-obsessed brother, who’s jut learned Vince was his fiancee’s secret lover, and may be the man responsible for her drowning death, all those years ago.

Eighteen Acres $3.95 From the former Communications Director for the White House and current political media strategist comes a suspenseful and smart commercial novel about the first female president and all dramas and deceptions she faces both in politics and in love. "Eighteen Acres, "a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House complex, follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet. Charlotte Kramer, the 45th US President, Melanie Kingston, the White House chief of staff, and Dale Smith, a White House correspondent for one of the networks are all working tirelessly on Charlotte’s campaign for re-election. At the very moment when they should have been securing success, though, Kramer’s White House implodes under rumors of her husband’s infidelity and grave errors of judgment on the part of her closest national security advisor. In an upheaval that threatens not only the presidency, but the safety of the American people, Charlotte must fight to regain her footing and protect the the country she has given her life to serving. "Eighteen Acres" combines political and family drama into one un-put-downable novel. It is a smart, juicy and fast-paced read that we’re sure fans of commercial women’s fiction will fall in total love with.

1,000 Garden Ideas: The Best of Everything in a Visual Sourcebook $4.64 THE BEST OF EVERYTHING A GARDENER COULD WISH FORIn more than forty years of travel, Stafford Cliff—designer and gardener—has gathered a planet’s worth of inspiration on elements to enhance a garden. The result is 1000 Garden Ideas, a visual encyclopedia bursting with just about every garden idea ever invented by man or inspired by nature, artfully presented in more than 1000 photographs. Plantings may be the essence of the garden, whether it’s a tiny patch in the backyard or acres of land extending for as far as the eye can see. But elements worthy of the planting can take a garden to unique and exciting new heights. With a designer’s eye and a gardener’s heart, Cliff has assembled an endless array of ideas, from all over the world, to make a garden more personal: fences and pools, paths and benches, statues and waterfalls, borders and bridges— even birdhouses and follies. Within each category are hundreds of illustrated examples, ranging from traditional to contemporary; from simple to complex; from homey and rustic to downright Byzantine. It’s all here, whatever your taste, your need, or your fantasy.And if you’re breathless with so many choices, Stafford Cliff is there to help you arrive at the best decisions for your own particular space, through a series of questions: •Do you want privacy or maximum light? •Do you envision a contrast to the style of your home or neighborhood, or complete harmony? •Do you prefer peace and quiet, or the soothing sounds of rustling leaves, bubbling water, and bird song? There’s glorious visual advice on plants and plantings: what kinds of containers to put them in; how to use them in your space; what to surround them with; and much more. In addition, an extensive list of suppliers makes it possible for you to turn inspiration into reality. If you’re a seasoned gardener, or even if you’re an

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11,000 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Smith County, Texas, et al., Petitioners, V. United States. U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record with Supporting Pleadings $18.9 Used – The Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 contains the world’s most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation’s highest court by leading legal practitioners – many who later became judges and associates of the court. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. This col

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15th Arrondissement Of Paris $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Montparnasse, Tour Montparnasse, La Ruche, Gare Montparnasse, 15th Arrondissement of Paris, Palais Des Sports, Parc André Citroën, Pont Mirabeau, Musée de La Poste, Pont Du Garigliano, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Front de Seine, Grenelle, Pont Aval, Quai André-Citroën, Boulevard Du Montparnasse, Cimetière de Grenelle. Excerpt: The 15th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France .Situated on the Rive Gauche (left bank) of the River Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city’s most populous arrondissement. The Tour Montparnasse the tallest skyscraper in Paris and the neighbouring Gare Montparnasse are both located in the 15th arrondissement, at its border with the 14th.The 15th arrondissement also contains the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre and the high-rise district of the Front de Seine (or Beaugrenelle) located near the Eiffel Tower .Geography The land area of this arrondissement is 8.502 km (3.283 sq. miles, or 2,101 acres).Demography The peak of population of Paris’s 15th arrondissement occurred in 1962, when it had 250,551 inhabitants. Since then it has lost approximately one-tenth of its population, but it remains the most populous arrondissement of Paris, with 225,362 inhabitants at the last census in 1999. With 144,667 jobs at the same census, the 15th is also very dense in business activities.Historical population Immigration end{sloppypar Places of interest Economy The former Air France headquarters in MontparnasseThe headquarte…

1800s In The United States $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lewis and Clark Expedition, Timeline of United States History, Great Falls, Oregon Pioneer History, Burr Conspiracy, William Dunbar, Pike Expedition, Malta War. Excerpt: The Burr conspiracy in the beginning of the 1800s was a suspected treasonous cabal of planters , politicians , and army officers led by former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr . According to the accusations against him, Burrs goal was to create an independent nation in the center of North America and/or the Southwest and parts of Mexico . Burrs explanation: To take possession of, and farm, 40,000 acres (160 km²) in the Texas Territory leased to him by the Spanish . When the expected war with Spain broke out, he would fight with his armed “farmers,” to seize some lands he could conquer in the warall illegal by rules of warfare .Jefferson and others had Burr arrested and indicted for treason with no firm evidence put forward. Burrs true intentions are still considered ambiguous to some historians, who claim he intended to take parts of Texas and some or all of the Louisiana Purchase for himself. They claim Burr envisioned a new empire in the West over which he would rule. This historically unproven version of a conspiracy by Burr to take American land is still in print in many biographies, encyclopedias, and even history books. Letters written to this version can be found in letters by contemporaries who distrusted Burr, but no solid evidence can be found.James Wilkinson General James Wilkinson was one of Burrs most important co-conspirators. Though it was eventually discovered that his involvement in the conspiracy was most likely an attempt to further his own personal and political goals, he worked closely with Burr to develop a plan for secession. The commanding General of the Army at the time,

1801 Architecture: Riversdale (Riverdale Park, Maryland) $21.53 Used – Chapters: Riversdale (Riverdale Park, Maryland). Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Riversdale (Riverdale Park, Maryland) – The house was begun in 1801 by Henri Josef Stier and his wife Marie Louise Peeters on almost 800 acres of land north of Bladensburg. Stier first commissioned Benjamin Henry Latrobe to do d

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1851 Disestablishments $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The National Land Company was founded as the Chartist Cooperative Land Company in 1845 by the chartist Feargus O’Connor to help working class people satisfy the landholding requirement to gain a vote in county seats in Great Britain. It was wound up by Act of Parliament by 1851. The Reform Act of 1832 extended the franchise. In county constituencies in addition to forty shilling freeholders franchise rights were extended to owners of land in copyhold worth £10 and holders of long-term leases (more than sixty years) on land worth £10 and holders of medium-term leases (between twenty and sixty years) on land worth £50 and to tenants-at-will paying an annual rent of £50. The chartists had, as one of their objectives, the enfranchisement of the working man. O’Connor focussed his energies on enabling working class people to satisfy the landholding requirement to gain a vote in county seats. In his single minded pursuit of this objective he diverged from the mainstream of Chartism. OConnor declared that Great Britain could support her own population if her lands were properly cultivated. As has been pointed out, he had no use for cooperative tillage; his plan was for peasant proprietorship. In his book ‘A Practical Work on the Management of Small Farms’ he set forth his plan of resettling surplus factory workers on little holdings of from one to 4 acres (16,000 m). He held that the only possible way to raise wages was to remove surplus labour out of the manufacturers reach, and thus compel him to offer higher wages. He had no doubts of the yields obtainable under such spade-husbandry. An enterprise in which working men could purchase land on the open market was proposed by him. The land was to be reconditioned, broken up into small plots, equippe… More:

1862 in Law: Homestead ACT $13.99 Used – Chapters: Homestead Act. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Homestead Act was one of several United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to up to 160 acres (1/4 section, 65 hectares) of undeveloped federal land outside the original 13 colonies. The law required three steps: file an appl

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1862 in Law: Homestead ACT $16.42 New – Chapters: Homestead Act. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Homestead Act was one of several United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to up to 160 acres (1/4 section, 65 hectares) of undeveloped federal land outside the original 13 colonies. The law required three steps: file an appli

1862 in Law: Homestead ACT $15.37 New – Chapters: Homestead Act. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Homestead Act was one of several United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to up to 160 acres (1/4 section, 65 hectares) of undeveloped federal land outside the original 13 colonies. The law required three steps: file an appli

1881 Natural Disasters $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Great Flood of 1881 refers to flooding events on the Missouri River during the spring of 1881. The flood struck Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa between April 1, 1881 and April 27, 1881. The events provided the first detailed reporting of Missouri River flooding, and caused millions of dollars in damage. The flood caused a great deal of damage along the Missouri River. Three people died in northeastern Nebraska as a result of the breakage of an ice jam upstream of the Missouri-Niobrara confluence. Thousands of livestock were also killed and several small riverside towns were washed away. The flooding forced the town of Niobrara, Nebraska to move to a new site on higher ground. THE FLOOD OF 1881. In Cedar County in NE Nebraska, the great flood and ice gorge of March, 1881, caused great loss of property, but fortunately no loss of human life. A number of farms on the Missouri bottom were overflowed, some of them with all the improvements in buildings and fences, together with most or all of the livestock, not only submerged but washed away and destroyed. Their owners, who thus without warning lost the toilsome accumulations of years, were in many cases obliged to commence life anew, as they had begun ten, fifteen or twenty years before. Among those who lost heavily was Sabie Strahm, after whom the town of Strahmburg received its name. About sixty acres of his land was washed away, together with house and barn, horses and cattle, his total loss being about $12,000. John Nelson, a farmer living about half a mile south of Green Island, lost about fifty cattle, eight horses, twelve mules and the frame portion of his house. The other part of his house was constructed of brick, and furnished a refuge for six hours for fifty people while… More:

1950s Disestablishments $36.28 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: For other parks of the same name, see White City (amusement park) White City (sometimes listed as White City Amusement Park in print advertisements) was a recreational area located in the Greater Grand Crossing and Woodlawn community areas on the south side of Chicago from 1905 until the 1950s. At the time of its opening, on May 26, 1905, it was claimed to be the largest park of its type in the United States. It contributed to Chicago’s status as the city with the most amusement parks in the United States until 1908. It eventually introduced the world to the Goodyear Blimp, which was first assembled at the park. Time once used the park as point of reference for the city of Chicago. The park was located at 63rd Street and South Avenue and covered fourteen acres of land with gardens and strolling paths. There were several buildings all lined with white lights, from which the park took its name. One of the buildings housed a ballroom with a dancefloor large enough for 1,000 dancers. The park had a tower that could be seen for 15 miles (24.1 km). The College Inn, a restaurant, could seat 2,500 diners at a time. “White City” was also the name associated with the landscaping and architecture of the World’s Columbian Exposition, held near the same location in 1893 because the exhibition’s buildings used plaster of Paris and were painted a chalky white. In its prime the park rivalled Coney Island as a model for worldwide amusement park architects, designers and planners. There was no general admission ticket, and patrons purchased tickets to use each of the park’s features. White City was originally envisioned to be like Dreamland, a park in Brooklyn that was widely praised for its amazing spectacles. The park’s ambitious plan faced obstacles. The … More:

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