“The adventure is over.”
Don Sammons, Buford, Wyoming
 |
| Photo by Mark Brennan (Creative Commons) |
It’s a small world. Especially for a man living alone in a small town in Wyoming.
Don Sammons moved to Buford, Wyoming in 1980. The day he drove into town in his Lincoln Continental, old-timers said he wouldn’t last six months. They were wrong. Mr. Sammons outlasted them all, bought the town and lives there today as its one and only resident.
But one is a lonely number, and Mr. Sammons decided to sell his beloved Buford so he could move closer to his son in Colorado. What had been a quiet life in a small town up until that point suddenly became big news around the world.
The story of Mr. Sammons and his one-man town was told in 84 countries. On day the town was auctioned, Mr. Sammons received offers from buyers in 46 countries. He sold to the highest bidder for $900,000. It was all over in 11 minutes.
The new owner is a man from Vietnam. When asked why he wanted to buy Buford, the man said he wanted the American dream: live a quiet life in a small town.
Read more:
■ Wyoming town with 1 resident sold to private bidder for $900,000, 680News.com, April 9, 2012.
No comments:
Post a Comment