George H. Sisson

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George H. Sisson was a nineteenth century American entrepeneur. He was born in Michigan, and was an early real estate developer in Chicago. He was a mining engineer in Arizona, and with his profits from that operation, purchased a large land concession in Baja California.

Chicago

Arizona

Baja California and Ensenada

On July 24, 1884, he and Luis Huller obtained a concession from the Mexican government for a tract of land in Baja California, extending between 29 degrees North and 32 degrees, 42 minutes North, including Cedros Island. [cite journal |last=de Novelo |first=Maria Eugenia Bonifaz |title=Ensenada: Its background, founding and early development |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |year=1984 |issue=Winter |volume=30 |url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/84winter/ensenada.htm |accessdate=2008-07-20] This was extended with additional purchases to 28 degrees North, which later was to become the border between Baja California and Baja California Sur, Land was also purchased northward to the United States border. In 1885, they formed the International Company of Mexico [Description of lands in Lower California, for sale by the International Company of Mexico (1887) [http://openlibrary.org/b/OL7071499M] ] in Hartford, Connecticut, and George H. Sisson was named as general manager. The company was sold to the British Mexican Land and Colonization Company in 1888. [cite journal |last=Chaput |first=Donald |title=The British are Coming !|url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/87fall/british.htm |journal=The Journal of San Diego History |year=1987 |issue=Fall |volume=33 |number=4 |accessdate=2008-07-20] Related lawsuits continued for years afterward. [cite journal |title=$243,726 Damages |year=1910 |issue=May 17 |journal=New York Times |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0CE5D61539E433A25754C1A9639C946196D6CF |accessdate=2008-07-20]

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