The Wisconsin Pine Lands of Cornell University

Paul Wallace Gates, Paul Wallace Gates

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Fall Creek Press
15 October 2011

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Land rights

A provision of the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 allowed Cornell University to acquire 500,000 acres of valuable timberland in northern Wisconsin. Although most land grant universities immediately sold the federal tracts that had been allocated to them, Cornell held the land to allow it to appreciate. While the university was guarding its rights as a trustee of this estate, dealing with the supervisors and tax collectors of several counties, and negotiating with lumbermen, it did not escape criticism for its role as an absentee landlord. As Paul Wallace Gates details in The Wisconsin Pine Lands of Cornell University, the university's perseverance paid off-the eventual sale of surface rights to the land yielded a five-million-dollar endowment and is regarded as one of the most successful episodes of land speculation in U.S. history.

By: Paul Wallace Gates, Paul Wallace Gates
Imprint: Fall Creek Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780801477638
ISBN 10: 0801477638
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The late Paul Wallace Gates was John Stambaugh Professor Emeritus of History at Cornell University. He was the author of books including The Illinois Central Railroad and Its Colonization Work and The History of Public Land Law Development.