David Evans was named the local agent of the Holland Land Company in 1827.
The property retains its original boundaries as purchased from the Holland Land Company in 1828.
In 1831, the Holland Land Company gave the deed of the public park to the city.
The Holland Land Company opened an office in 1818.
In 1818 he bought 34.000 unsold acres from the Holland Land Company.
He was appointed resident agent of the Holland Land Company in 1827 and served until his resignation in 1837.
In 1803, the Holland Land Company sold its first plot of land in the future town.
The land had been bought and surveyed by the Holland Land Company.
The members of the Holland Land Company never travelled to America.
This became the basis of what would later grow into the Holland Land Company.