Historic town for sale... (1 Viewer)

[MarkeytMaker]

Garryowen , Mont.
Price: $250,000 opening bid
Population: 2

Garryowen is barely a blip on the road map, a 7.7 acre lot consisting of a gas station, the 15,700-square-foot town hall, a 2,900-square-foot mixed-use building, and a picnic area. So what’s the draw in this auction slated for August 15? Historic Garryowen has tourism dollars written all over it. The Battle of Little Big Horn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, began here. (The name Garryowen comes from the Irish marching song of Custer’s 7 th Cavalry).

Garryowen is also well-placed geographically, near the Wyoming line, midway between Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone Park.

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Hunger Games Special...


Henry River Mill Village, N.C.
Price: $1.4 million
Population: 0


The former company town of Henry River Manufacturing made it to the silver screen this Spring as the home of Katniss Everdeen in the hit film “The Hunger Games.”

Headlines followed when owner Wade Shepherd announced he would sell the 72-acre property for $1.4 million. There is no word of a buyer yet, so there's still time to make a “Hunger Games” superfan's dream come true this Christmas.

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Oracle CEO buys Lanai Hawaii Island...


Castle & Cooke Inc. is selling 98 percent of the island of Lanai in the Hawaiian Islands to Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, according press reports. David Murdock, head of Castle & Cooke, has developed the island as an upscale visitor destination since 1985. He has opened two luxury resorts -- the Four Seasons Manele Bay Resort and the Four Seasons The Lodge at Koele Resort -- as well as attractions including golf courses and riding stables on the 141-square-mile island, Hawaii’s sixth largest.

The sale includes the resorts, two championship golf courses and club houses, more than 88,000 acres of land (including a 600-acre residential development), a solar farm, parks and utilities. Murdock said he will keep his home on the island and retain rights to develop a wind energy farm there. No price was disclosed, but the sale is expected to close on June 27. The 2 percent of the island that Ellison isn’t buying is owned by the state, county and private residents.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Ellison is the world’s sixth-richest man, with an estimated net worth of $36.4 billion.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Cool thread! I've always wanted to find some small island with a fort on it, and renovate it to be a "military history paradise".{sm4}