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Inside the secret land grab that created Columbia

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In the early 1960s, developer James Rouse quietly cobbled together 14,000 acres of land in Howard County, telling few and using a number of shell companies to keep prices low. People speculated that the land was being used for a research lab or a giant compost pile.
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thebanner.com broke the news in on Thursday, October 30, 2025.
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