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A restoration colony was one of a number of land grants in North America given by King Charles II of England in the later half of the 17th century, ostensibly as a reward to his supporters in the Stuart Restoration. The grants marked the resumption of English colonization of the Americas after a 30-year hiatus.
Naper Settlement is an outdoor history museum that offers numerous other large special events. From 1982 until 2019, this included Civil War Days, a two-day reenactment, where the settlement was converted into a large encampment and more than 300 actors and actresses at a time re-enacted historical life and battles.
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In this case, Illinois Central was granted unrestricted rights to an enormous, 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) section of submerged land, which occupied the entire aquatic area bordering the Chicago harbor. Justice Field found the state can never permanently transfer authority over these submerged lands, but only grant revocable permissions to them.
In the spirit of settling the wild, wild West, some communities are giving away free land lots. What's the catch? You have to agree to build a house (or park a mobile home) and live in it.
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The early province of Carolana was the land forming the southern English colonies, spanning from 31° to 36° north latitude. [1] In 1629, King Charles I of England granted the territory to his attorney general Sir Robert Heath . [ 2 ]
In 1848, they gave the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad three miles (4.8 km) of right-of-way, upon which railroad officials named the depot Wheaton. [7] [9] In 1850, ten blocks of land were platted and anyone who was willing to build immediately was granted free land. In 1853, the lots were surveyed and a formal plat for the community was ...