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Hamilton Disston (August 23, 1844 – April 30, 1896) was an industrialist and real-estate developer who purchased 4 million acres (16,000 km²) of Florida land in 1881, an area larger than the state of Connecticut, and reportedly the most land ever purchased by a single person in world history.
Oct 3, 2019 · A national economic panic in 1893 wiped out the Disston family fortune and Hamilton Disston died three years later in his native city, Philadelphia, at the age of 51. He actually received only...
Meet Hamilton Disston — one man who tried to drain the Everglades. THE SWAMP tells the dramatic story of humanity’s attempts to conquer the Florida Everglades, one of nature’s most ...
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In 1881, Hamilton Disston, a wealthy enterpreneur cut a deal to purchase four million acres of Everglades, hoping to drain the land for selling and promised to drain an additional 12 million...
Jan 15, 2019 · Hamilton Disston visioned the Everglades into dry land for cultivation. The Swamp, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast...
In 1881, Hamilton Disston, a wealthy enterpreneur cut a deal to purchase four million acres of Everglades, hoping to drain the land for selling and promised to drain an additional 12 million...
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Dec 12, 2018 · In 1881, Hamilton Disston, a wealthy enterpreneur cut a deal to purchase four million acres of Everglades, hoping to drain the land for selling and promised to drain an additional 12 million acres. But the wet season reclaimed the lands and six years later, the state commission declared his efforts a failure.
