Sentence examples for land speculator from inspiring English sources
It was founded by James Duane Doty, a former federal district judge and a land speculator who held large holdings in the area, in 1836 (a year of frenzied land speculation in the newly created Territory of Wisconsin) and was named for President James Madison, who had died that summer.
Before the Revolutionary War, Samuel Chase was a young, ambitious Annapolis lawyer and land speculator.
His parents were George Henry Gallup, a land speculator, and Nettie Davenport Gallup.
Founded in 1818 by Rufus Easton, a lawyer and land speculator, Alton was originally a steamboat town.
The family of Sol Goldman, the land speculator, waged a bitter seven-year battle over his billion-dollar estate.
Some authorities suspect it is only a matter of time and sustained human encroachment before a Florida panther pounces on a Florida land speculator.
"This highest-bidder system has led to speculation -- to land speculators, to people who are flipping land and just sitting on this land as we have a homeless problem that seems to skyrocket," he said.
Other large tracts were being held by land speculators.
Vested interests—energy firms, land speculators, bankers and the like are partly to blame.
The combined influence of friends of the Indians and land speculators assured passage of the act.
Shortly thereafter, Connecticut sold the property to land speculators, who sold it to all willing buyers.
