Posted on 05/08/2019 11:41:54 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Excellent explanation and debunking of this likely made-up “feel good” story.
The link does it well.
I am not a fan of “reserve” auctions, but that is what most land auctions are. I have been to a couple.
Great plot for a feel-good movie.
Praise God there are still men and women of integrity out there.
What unsung heroes they are.
I hope God blesses them each with some of the best years they’ve ever had with their farming.
I know its a feel good story, but call me a cynic. I’m kinda doubting the veracity of this story. The absence of any verifiable facts sticks out like a sore thumb.
How many decades ago did this happen?
“Great plot for a feel-good movie.”
Yep. It’s got ‘Rudy’ written all over it, LOL!
It’s been done. I think it was Bonnie and Clyde.
Thanks. It’s a great story.
Dang; tell us how you REALLY feel :-)
Oh Ye of little faith!
Well...I guess like Clark Griswold in "Christmas Vacation."
First thing that came to mind.
In a shabby little shining city, surrounded by fields of ideals. Held together by empathy tied in kindness and tears. Built by dirty jeans and callouses. A place called America.
LOL! One of my husband’s favorite movies.
That’s lovely...
Those hinterland Deplorables... (Is /s needed?)
A good story, well told, likely WITH FACTS APPROPRIATELY ALTERED TO PROTECT THE PARTICIPANTS. So David’s name was really Mark, it was in 2009, and happened in Indiana. That’s my version of the story, and i’m stickin’ to it.
Some 50 years ago, my father spent several years purchasing a few hundred acres outside of Santa Fe, NM. The land was owned by a family whose original owner had acquired the land by homestead with the grant of title signed by Teddy Roosevelt. This owner died in the 1930s and ownership was split between his half dozen or so children. Fast forward to the 1970s and most of children had passed leaving their ownership share split among their children. When Dad became interested in the property there were close to 30 persons scattered across northern New Mexico with a piece of the ownership.
A very unusual occurrence is that over all this time from the 30s to 70s the land taxes had always been paid by one of the original owners sons. This son was now elderly and could no longer keep up the taxes and wanted to sell. Dad spent a couple of years tracking down heirs and obtaining quit claim deeds. Finally it came down to 2 or 3 heirs that wanted land instead of $$$ from a sale.
For these 2 or 3 heirs, they wanted land in the middle of the parcel. Dad said nope, you can have land on a property line or corner but not the middle. This ended up in court and the court set their land on one of the boundary lines.
Next came local politics. Although the son had always paid the taxes, no one in the family had beneficially used the land since the 1930s. Neighboring landowners had run cattle on the land and weren't exactly happy to loose access to it. Although there was a legal road easement they prevented road access until this issue went to court for enforcement. For several years, the only access we had was hiking through National Forest land that bordered one boundary.
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