Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — KANKAKEE REGION LAND SELLS AT $100 PER ACRE. [ARTICLE]

KANKAKEE REGION LAND SELLS AT $100 PER ACRE.

A pattern price has been made for the Kankakee bottom land, which twelve years ago was nearly worthless. Geo. Lawrence sokTiast week section 12, T. 32, Range 8, lying along the range line road, for SIOO per acre, or $64,000, to an Illinois man who considers he got a bargain. Half the amount was paid down and the land secures tne balance. This land was made valuable by the big dyke. About ten years ago Lawrence bought the 640 acres for sl2 per acre, and had put but few improvements on it during the time. The tract is but a short distance north of Jerry’s Inland, and was usually covered by two feet of water each spring until the dyke was made, which has redeemed thousands of acres of valuable corn land,—Crown Point Star.