Wyoming town for auction

[Libertytree]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/12/wyoming-town-with-population-1-heads-to-auction/?test=latestnews



BUFORD, Wyo. – What's advertised as the smallest town in the United States (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/u.s.htm#r_src=ramp) is scheduled to go up for auction next month.
Buford, located between Cheyenne and Laramie in southeast Wyoming, is famous for having just one inhabitant, Don Sammons.
Sammons plans to retire from managing his businesses at Buford and move on. The auction is set for noon on April 5.

Buford traces its origins the 1860s and the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and had as many as 2,000 residents before the railroad was rerouted.
Sammons and his family moved from Los Angeles to Buford in 1980. Family members moved away over the years, but Sammons stayed on as sole resident and "mayor" of the unincorporated community. He bought the trading post in 1992 and operated it until last year. "It was a great life for me and for my family," he said, adding it would be the same for anyone looking for a unique operation.

Buford sits at an elevation of 8,000 feet and is the highest town along Interstate 80 between New York and California. The area offers impressive views of the Rocky Mountains but is prone to extreme winds and frigid temperatures -- even by Wyoming standards. Foul weather shuts down I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie at least a couple times during a typical winter. Each time that happens, Buford might as well be at the North Pole rather than next to one of the busiest cross-country thoroughfares in the U.S.

Assets up for sale will include a gas station and convenience store, a 1905 schoolhouse that has been used as an office, a cabin, a garage, 10 acres of land, a three-bedroom home, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported.

Buford has its own ZIP code and post office boxes for people who live nearby.
It's a business opportunity that also offers a romantic lifestyle, said Amy Bates, chief marketing officer for Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Williams and Williams, which is handling the auction. Bidding will open at $100,000, she said.
"We're going to have a variety of people attracted to this property, based on what it would mean to them," Bates said.

[BrewTech]

Too bad this didn't come up a few years ago... I'da been F-ing OUTTA HEEER!

[Sparky]

I've driven from Laramie to Cheyenne, so I guess I've been in Buford! Wyoming is beautiful country.

[AndreaGail]

I've driven by Buford a few times

If you blink you'll miss it :D

[LuckyStrike]

Am I correct in assuming that if you bought this you could be the sheriff and as such in that town your authority overrides the Feds?

[Son-of-Liberty]

You make a good point Luckystrike. Got me wondering now.

[Glass]

Am I correct in assuming that if you bought this you could be the sheriff and as such in that town your authority overrides the Feds?

I think you would and being that it is an un-incorporated town, that would be the best kind. A constitutional sheriff. Most towns and cities dont have consitutional sheriffs etc because they are not consitutional in themselves. There are a lot of empty Sheriff posts around the US at the moment. They have been abandoned over the years. Legal replaced lawful but lawful was simply abandoned and could be repopulated at any time.

[Twisted Titan]

Imagine The Feds coming to the city line and told by the Sheriff to Pound Sand as they have no jurisdiction here.

The look would be priceless

[Awoke]

Shit, let's all move there together!

[palani]

Imagine The Feds coming to the city line and told by the Sheriff to Pound Sand as they have no jurisdiction here.
Did you miss the part where the town has its' own ZIP code?

[Awoke]

Could the Sheriff not claim a sovereign boundary around the city limits and declare it to be "Zip code free"?

[Shami-Amourae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CpEj5PI9ug

[palani]

Could the Sheriff not claim a sovereign boundary around the city limits and declare it to be "Zip code free"?
Use of the ZIP code is entirely voluntary. Using the code is prima facae evidence of being within a federal zone. A guy I know had a search warrant executed on his home. The judge was looking for only one item ... an envelope that showed he received mail at a ZIP code.

You lose the federal zone by not using the ZIP (that is to say, you lose THAT federal zone .. there are others as well).

[Sparky]

Shit, let's all move there together!

Hmm, our own Galt's Gulch. Or maybe Goldsilver Ridge, WY.

[Libertytree]

Freedomville

[JDRock]

Shit, let's all move there together!

im already here...cleaning my guns and waiting for the rest of you to get here before the shit hits the fan...

[Neuro]

8000 ft in Wyoming! THAT sounds COLD!

[solid]

Solidtown!!

Travelers with gold and silver welcome! Shoot your guns out back, wear them on your hip, and hunting season for banksters open year round.

There will be plenty of beer on tap, and women are welcome to walk around topless.

[sugar plum]

Shit, let's all move there together!

I was beginning to think we would all start fighting over it at the auction...

[Neuro]

I was beginning to think we would all start fighting over it at the auction...

I could see a development similar to 'Animal Farm'... Or maybe cannibalism, but probably we would all freeze to death before anything really bad would happen...

Sometimes there are good reasons why people move away from places too, 8000 ft in Wyoming! There may be a few places in Central Greenland and around lake Vostok in Antarctica where it is a bit colder...

[AndreaGail]

Vietnamese businessmen scoop up smallest U.S. town for $900,000


Buford, Wyoming (CNN) -- The population of the least populous town in the United States appeared to at least double Thursday when two mysterious businessmen from Vietnam won the tiny hamlet with a bid of $900,000 at auction.

About a dozen bidders gathered around the town's one business to bid on Buford, Wyoming, which consists of a gas station, a three-bedroom house and a few small outbuildings on 10 acres along Interstate 80.

The bidding began at $100,000 and quickly escalated. The winning bidders were immediately whisked away by auction officials, who would not let them speak to the media.

The town's only resident, Don Sammons, watched from the sidelines. He moved to Buford in 1980 with his wife and son. His wife died in 1995, and his son moved away in 2007. He had bought the town in 1990.

He fought back tears as the auctioneer declared the town sold.







2010: Wyoming man has his own ZIP code
"I don't know when it will hit me. I've lived here half my life. I'm an emotional person, and I hope I handle it in an adult manner," he said.

Tonjah Andrews, a real estate broker from Cheyenne who was hired to represent the men, said she would not disclose their names. She said the men flew in from Vietnam after learning about the auction from online news stories.

She would not comment on what the men plan to do with the town.

Sammons bought a house in Windsor, Colorado, to be closer to his son and plans on writing a book about his 32 years in Buford.

He said he'll miss his one-man town, but one thing he won't miss is the billboard with his face on it that has become a familiar sight to drivers in Interstate 80. Buford is about halfway between Laramie and Cheyenne and is the second oldest town in the state.

"I can always rent one somewhere if I need to see my face," he said with a laugh.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/05/us/wyoming-town-auction/?hpt=hp_bn1

[Stop Making Cents]

The "diversification" aka white genocide in America continues. You can't even get away from it in rural wyoming. Fucking race traitors.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Paging Palani . . .

Using declarations, how could this 'town' be transformed into an original jurisdiction constitutional government? Would you immediately fill the sheriff's position? What, in your opinion, would be the ideal way to structure administration of this hypothetical purchase? What else would you do?

For your consideration, all may respond

[palani]

Using declarations, how could this 'town' be transformed into an original jurisdiction constitutional government? Would you immediately fill the sheriff's position? What, in your opinion, would be the ideal way to structure administration of this hypothetical purchase? What else would you do?

For your consideration, all may respond

The body politic of counties are: cities, villages and townships. These are all legal constructions. A county is a political/administrative subdivision of a state. A state is a political/administrative unit of the federal government.


MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests.

A town can rule it's own affairs as long as they do so under the state/federal constitution. They can do anything that is legal.

I don't see why it is necessary to donate $900,000 to another to purchase an existing town. You can form your own town. I doubt if there are enough advantages to warrant the legal notice necessary. You just create another form of representation and agency (a mayor is an agent of his constituents). Getting a zip code has no advantages. It places you in another federal zone that just reinforces any special laws or controls that the feds want to implement on you.

Property is the subject of ownership. Look around you for things that are not owned or possessed. These are candidates for ownership. The owner is the one who ACTS like an owner. Vacant property is fair game and costs to acquire are low (but become high quickly when you consider the costs to defend that ownership).

[cortez]

Shit, let's all move there together!

i already live close by.

[Sparky]

...
I don't see why it is necessary to donate $900,000 to another to purchase an existing town. You can form your own town. I doubt if there are enough advantages to warrant the legal notice necessary. You just create another form of representation and agency (a mayor is an agent of his constituents). Getting a zip code has no advantages. It places you in another federal zone that just reinforces any special laws or controls that the feds want to implement on you.

...
Though one could argue that this specific purchase buys you more than just random land. It has existing history as I believe the second oldest town in Wyoming, established during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. It's the highest point along Route 80 from New York and San Francisco. It has "advertising value" in being the smallest town in the country, with it's own established website: http://www.bufordtradingpost.com/ It comes with five buildings (including a trading post and a house), U.S. Post Office boxes, a cellular tower, and 10 acres of land. In the summer, one thousand potential customers pass by every day. It drew interest in buyers from more than 70 countries. So I'd say $900,000 was probably a bargain.

[palani]

The west is dotted with similar towns. Most dry up and blow away when commerce follows a different stream.

If you are into legal fictions then form a corporation or LLC or a trust or IBC or ABT. Or, for that matter, assume a residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D of C and you become a legal fiction called The United States of America (not the president, the actual entity).

In Iowa it costs $5 to get a Certificate of Existence from the Secretary of State. I guess you use these to prove that you are a real entity ("Looky here, the State agrees that this legal fiction exists"). Like the comments of the Wizard of Oz ... you need a diploma to show that you aren't stupid.