Even so, the terms of the land deed have been put under strain.

Land deed problems also contributed to the failure of the resort since many parcels of land could not be legally traced to the supposed owners.

Staff searched hundreds of land deeds, maps and agreements for the lost rights of way.

Later, it was revealed that he was engaged in selling lands by making counterfeit land deeds.

After this event, the fort largely vanished from historical records, but it still occasionally appeared in land deeds as late as 1819.