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On January 26, 1959, the California State Lands Commission posted Chain Island, a 41 acre island in Suisun Bay where the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River meet, for sale with a minimum acceptable bid of $5,226.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-california-puts-up-an-island-for-sale
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On January 26, 1959, the California State Lands Commission posted Chain Island, a 41 acre island in Suisun Bay where the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River meet, for sale with a minimum acceptable bid of $5,226.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-california-puts-up-an-island-for-sale
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California_fish_and_game_(19890929974).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rio-Vista-Montezuma-Hills-Wind-Farms-1.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rio-Vista-Montezuma-Hills-Wind-Farms-1_(cropped_to_Montezuma_and_Chain_islands).jpg
The image by Steve Shook from Moscow, Idaho, USA available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greetings_from_California_-_Large_Letter_Postcard_(4453944042).jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
The image by USGS available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Worldwind,_USGS_imagery_map,_Chain_Island,_California.png is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
The images by Edurs34 available at pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-education-5585922/, by Erkut2 available at pixabay.com/videos/dollars-economics-money-3d-work-34882/, by Erosartvideos available at pixabay.com/videos/money-dollar-wealth-finances-75992/, by geralt available at pixabay.com/videos/puzzle-question-question-mark-859/, by mohamed_hassan available at pixabay.com/illustrations/newspaper-article-journal-headlines-3324168/, and by OpenClipart-Vectors available at pixabay.com/vectors/real-estate-sign-sale-selling-156502 are licensed under the Pixabay License: pixabay.com/service/license
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