Owning Your Own Town Can Be Hard Work, Just Ask The Former Owners Of Wauconda, Washington

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of owning an entire town, highlighted by the sale of Wauconda, Washington.

Today in 2010, a big sale in Washington state: a woman sold a couple an entire town. And it turns out that owning an entire town, even a small, unincorporated community, can be a challenge. Plus: oday in 1743, the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. You can tour his home, Monticello, today in Virginia - or if you’re in or near Somers, Connecticut, you can see a replica of the third president’s house. Tour Deshais: Closure a downer on dry stretch (The Spokesman-Review) THERE’S A REPLICA OF THOMAS JEFFERSON’S MONTICELLO IN CONNECTICUT (Untapped New York) Let’s grow our community of supporters on Patreon, back this show today

Topics covered

• town ownership
• Wauconda
• Thomas Jefferson
• Monticello

Keywords

• Washington state
• unincorporated community
• replica

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Monticello replica

Books & works: Untapped New York

Places: Wauconda, Washington, Monticello, Virginia, Somers, Connecticut

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