Railroader17 t1_jeb1fpj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:36 PM Reply to comment by respondin2u in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01 Probably didn't help that it was close to a Civil War Battlefield which caused historians to take action against them. Permalink Parent 8
Railroader17 t1_jeb1fpj wrote
Reply to comment by respondin2u in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01
Probably didn't help that it was close to a Civil War Battlefield which caused historians to take action against them.