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The land was put up for auction and sold at auction to raise the money. A group in Ohio and one in Tidewater, Virginia were interested in placing bids with the idea of making the land into a hunting and.fishing preserve.Ted Dalton, now a retired Federal Judge in Roafcoke, i^a native of Radford and had heard about the pending auction. Since he was fixniliar with land as a boy, and was a member of the Executive Board of the local Boy Scout council, Dalton suggested that the Scouts look into the possibility of placing a bid on the land surrounding the new Camp Powhatan.A committee was formed, with Dalton as its chairman, to study the land and suggest a . bid. The council bid $3.68 and . acre for 15,235 acres. The bids were opened and the Boy Scout bid was only five cents and acre higher than the next highest bid. A Capital Campaign Drive, organized by R. H. Smith, then President of N W and B. G. Richar dson, sucj^ssf ully raised HOO.OOOicrpayfor the land after the dojwnpayment of $5,600 which was loaned to the council by three Roanoke banks.
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Pulaski Times Journal
Pulaski, Virginia, US
Sun, May 23, 1976
Page 30
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