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Sunflower Plantation
Location: Sunflower Co., MS
History: Developed by Lord & Crate of Buffalo, New York in 1888, the area was comprised of 10,000 acres of deeply wooded land. In 1937 the government bought the land and divided it into 40 acre tracts which were rented out. Many sharecroppers paid for their 40 acre tracts and today none of the land is owned by the government.
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