Heartland AgricultureStreet Economics® · Florida's Heartland on a network and a lineage
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Hamilton Disston

the man who bought four million acres

Person class
institutional connector
Placed at
1881: first documented activity
Place
Philadelphia and the Florida interior
District
Outside Florida
Status as of 12 September 2026
Died 1896.
Connections
1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 216 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 204) · outside share 0.00
Confidence
Medium · sources: [WDIS] (register)

The Philadelphia saw magnate's 1881 purchase and dredging contract begin the drainage of the interior; his canals connect the lake to the Caloosahatchee and quadruple the pace of railroad building in the state [WDIS].

Connections

Location and lineage