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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Fraudster James Reavis claimed to own 18,000 square miles of the American West in the 1880s

In 1883, Missouri real estate broker James Reavis announced that he held title to a huge tract of land in the Arizona Territory. If certified, the claim would threaten the livelihoods of thousands of residents. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Baron of Arizona, one of the most audacious frauds in American history. — Read the rest



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