Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — TURKEY RUN TRACT LOST [ARTICLE]

TURKEY RUN TRACT LOST

To State Park Committee—Sold to Veneer Makers for $;10,200. Turkey Run was lost as the first unit in the state park system projected to commemorate Indiana’s centennial when it was sold Thursday at a public auction held on the grounds of the John Lusk estate in Parke county, to the Hoosier Veneer company of Indianapolis. The successful bidder pays $30,200 for the 28X.37 acres in the scenic and wooded tract, offering $ 100 more than the. state park committee's highest bid.

The veneer company also bought the six other tracts of the Lusk estate, comprising 682.24 acres, for $37,500, outbidding other lumber men. Last fall the same company purchased another 500-acre tract of the estate, paying $34,400. The Hoosier company thus becomes owne? of the entire Lusk estate, 1,320 acres, at a cost of $ 102,100.