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The Holland Tract is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [2] [3] It is part of Contra Costa County, California, and managed by Reclamation District ...
Ellicott was then the resident agent in charge of the Holland Tract land sales in 1800. [7] After Ellicott's resignation in 1821, the Holland Tract sales were overseen by Jacob S. Otto from 1821 to 1827, and David E. Evans from 1827 to 1837. [2] David A. Ogden [24] and his brother Thomas Ludlow Ogden were legal advisors to the company.
On the left it borders Stewart Tract, Coney Island, Widdows Island, Byron Tract, Orwood Tract, Palm Tract, Holland Tract, Little Mandeville Island, Quimby Island, and Webb Tract. The Old River also skirts the Franks Tract State Recreation Area, a former Delta island that is now submerged and forms a lake. [6]
It was the third and last office of the Holland Land Company, which owned almost all of what is today Western New York. Ellicott presided over the survey, sale and ultimate settlement of a vast tract of land. In 1960 it was declared a National Historic Landmark, [2] [3] the first one in Western New York [note 1] and the only one in Genesee ...
On August 10, 1790, the syndicate sold the remaining lands of the Genesee tract directly to Morris, with the exception of about 47,000 acres retained by Phelps and Gorham. The deed was conveyed on November 18, 1790, and specified that the tract should contain 1 million acres, and any amount over that would require further payment. [8]
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The flood occurred during a memorable storm in Friesland and Holland, and came from the North Sea, breaking and destroying several dams and dunes and transforming it into a bay which was then called the Zuiderzee, [citation needed] meaning Southern Sea. [2] The name "Zuiderzee" came into general usage around this period. [citation needed]
The Atlas Tract (formerly known as the Hartland Tract) [3] is an island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, in San Joaquin County, California. It has been ...