In 1818, a group of settlers incorporated under the Smithton Land Company purchased over and established the village of Smithton near present-day downtown Columbia.

In 1987 Peter de Savary purchased Land ’ s End for almost £ 7 million from David Goldstone.

The current owners purchased Land ’ s End in 1996 and formed a company named Heritage Attractions Limited.

Trouble is, not only is there no evidence that he purchased such an island, no one has ever been able to find any island whose name even resembles Pedloe in that area .< nowiki ></ nowiki > Nevertheless, Baum stated to the press that he had discovered a Pedloe Island off the coast of California and that he had purchased it to be " the Marvelous Land of Oz ," intending it to be " a fairy paradise for children.

In 1853, the Chicago Land Company, of which Ogden was a trustee, purchased land at a bend in the Chicago River and began to cut a channel, formally known as North Branch Canal, but also referred to as Ogden's Canal.

GD purchased Chrysler's defense divisions in 1982, renaming them General Dynamics Land Systems.

Although the Land Commission purchased substantial quantities of land, it did not become the dominant influence in the land market that the government had hoped for.

In general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for Land Grants in an area purchased by the US Federal Government from Napoleon, the Louisiana Purchase.

Other tribes received their land either by treaty via Land grant from the Federal government of the United States or they purchased the land receiving Fee simple title.

In Thailand it is not possible for a foreigner to own land but property can be purchased then Land acquired under a 30 year lease option ; Until recently it was considered by most legal advisors that the ownership of land by a foreigner through a Thai Limited Company was acceptable, although the Law clearly states that foreigners cannot own land in Thailand.

Having acquired the centerpiece of the room, Whistler's painting of The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, American industrialist and aesthete Charles Lang Freer purchased the entire room in 1904 from Leyland's heirs, including Leyland's daughter and her husband, the British artist Val Prinsep.

The Book of Genesis relates that Abraham specifically purchased the land as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite, making it one of two purchases by Abraham of real estate in the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land.

At this time a group of investors, under the name of Cypress Land Company purchased from the government of land consisting of the original town site.

From 1836 to 1838, Seward served as agent for a group of investors who had purchased the over western New York holdings of the Holland Land Company.

One of the early failed attempts came in 1882 when Charles G. Francklyn purchased of railroad lands in adjoining counties to form the Francklyn Land and Cattle Company.

Land could be purchased for five cents or less an acre.

Soon after the Cherokee " Trail of Tears ", the white people who had drawn or purchased Murray County land lots of in the Georgia Land Lottery were pouring into the area.

Land surrounding Tadma pond was for sale, and was purchased.

Hayneville was founded in 1820 by settlers from the Edgefield, Abbeville, and Colleton Districts of South Carolina on property purchased from the U. S. Land Office at Cahawba.

A second fire engine was purchased for the community by Maumelle Land Development and the Maumelle Residents Association.

In 1878 land belonging to the Washington Township, of Alameda County were purchased by The Pacific Land Investment Company, this area was then subdivided into the Newark town-site. The population of this newly developing suburban area did not exceed more that one hundred residents.

The Rancho Del Paso was purchased from Mr. Haggin's corporation, " The Rancho del Paso Land Company " in 1910 by the Sacramento Valley Colonization Company for $ 1. 5 million.

`` Whereas, a Bridge over Merrimack River, from the Land of Hon'ble Jonathan Greenleaf, Esquire, in Newbery, to Deer Island, and from said Island to Salisbury, would be of very extensive utility, by affording a safe Conveyance to Carriages, Teams and Travellers at all seasons of the year, and at all Times of Tide.

Taylor won and Lincoln hoped to be appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office, but that lucrative patronage job went to an Illinois rival, Justin Butterfield, considered by the administration to be a highly skilled lawyer, but in Lincoln's view, an " old fossil ".

* Land use statistics by country

The legend connected with its foundation is given by Peter Damiani in his Life of St Odilo: a pilgrim returning from the Holy Land was cast by a storm on a desolate island.

In 1158 a feud with Henry's son, Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, was interrupted by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

When the Israelites, led by Joshua toward the Promised Land, arrived at the banks of the River Jordan, the Ark was carried in the lead preceding the people and was the signal for their advance ( Joshua 3: 3, 6 ).

A more in-depth description of arcology's design principles can be found in " The Last Redoubt " from The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912.

* The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson ( Full text online )

After suggestions of selling Jaguar Cars, Land Rover or Volvo Cars, Ford appointed UBS AG to sell all or part of Aston Martin by auction and announced the fact in August 2006.

The Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 was the landmark in the legal history of land reforms in Rajasthan which was followed by Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 that became applicable to the whole of Rajasthan.

Although myths and speculation about a Terra Australis (" Southern Land ") date back to antiquity, the first confirmed sighting of the continent of Antarctica is commonly accepted to have occurred in 1820 by the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny.

Land selection by the state of Alaska under the Statehood Act and for the regional and village corporations has continued through the present.

In addition to these areas, over of arable land are protected by the Agricultural Land Reserve.

But many children's games are mainly decided by luck: e. g. Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders require no decisions by the players.

The duo named themselves Gemini, and a second album with more music by Björn and Benny was released in April 1987, containing the big hit " Mio My Mio "; also to be found on the soundtrack to the film Mio in the Land of Faraway, for which Andersson co-produced the music.

When the total number of mandates gained by a party has been determined, they are distributed between the Land lists.

Detail of the Land list seats won by each party in 2009

( Chapter 1 is the first of three important moments in Joshua marked with major speeches and reflections by the main characters ; here first God and then Joshua make speeches about the goal of conquest of the Promised Land ; at chapter 12, Joshua looks back on the conquest ; and at chapter 23 Joshua gives a speech about what must be done if Israel is to live in peace in the land ).

" in some Latin commentaries, from the Greek threnoi = Hebrew qinoth ) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on Jerusalem and the Holy Land by the Chaldeans.

The museum also includes a variety of Holy Land antiquities collected in the early 20th century by missionaries Frank and Barbara Bowen.

Also this song was re-recorded by South African opera singer Leonore Veenemans as " My Land Suid-Afrika ".

Land estates were confiscated by the government, fragmented, and rented out.

Land reclamation efforts by the Mamluks and Ottomans further contributed to expansion on the east bank of the river.