Drevlin76 t1_jec4ltd wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:52 PM Reply to comment by baxterstate in "In the summer of 1955, when my father was 8 years old, he won 5 acres of Maine lakefront property in a Davy Crockett cartoon coloring contest." by GlobeOpinion You have to realize that back then you could buy a house for like 17k. So, $50 was quite a bit. Still not enough but substantial, especially for land in rural Maine. The average cost of an acre was $32 in Franklin county back then. Permalink Parent 9
Drevlin76 t1_jec4ltd wrote
Reply to comment by baxterstate in "In the summer of 1955, when my father was 8 years old, he won 5 acres of Maine lakefront property in a Davy Crockett cartoon coloring contest." by GlobeOpinion
You have to realize that back then you could buy a house for like 17k. So, $50 was quite a bit. Still not enough but substantial, especially for land in rural Maine. The average cost of an acre was $32 in Franklin county back then.