The town of Phelps is named after one of the original proprietors.
He was also amongst the original proprietors of the London University.
The original proprietor had spent $50,000 on it, and at his death had left a large fortune as the result of the speculation.
It opened in about 1922, with Henry Oberdorfer as the original proprietor.
By 1729, the Crown bought out seven of the eight original proprietors and made the region a royal colony.
He was an original proprietor of the town.
In any case, after 200 years, the descendants of these original proprietors were now bailing out by auctioning the place off.
The original proprietors secured the grant as a business venture and had no intention of settling it.
The area was initially called Gardner's Canada and original proprietors were named in 1736.
Silvanus Cobb was an original proprietor of the town.
