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Agriculture
McLean County, Illinois
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1901

Ogden
Largest Wheat Farm -- Wichita, Kan., Nov. 22. -- William Ogden of McLean County, Illinois, has bought 180,000 acres of land in western Kansas, which will be converted into the largest wheat ranch in the World. The land was owned by about 15 different men. Ogden paid $2.50 an acre on average.
[1902 Nov 12 - Morning Olympian]