Conaway: Kings of this wild frontier

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 14, 2019 4:00 AM CT | Published: March 13, 2019 5:04 PM CT
Dan Conaway
Daily Memphian

Dan Conaway

Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.

The very first politically wired, insider Memphis land grab was a done deal when the Chickasaw Nation was pressured into ceding almost 7 million acres at about 4.5 cents apiece, around 99.5 percent below market value.

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