He first attempted to buy the island from the government in 1842.

In 1989, the county agreed to buy the island for $9.2 million.

And if by any chance we couldn't buy the island, we'd take the gold just the same.

And I bet it's the men who want to buy the island.

We won't bother any more about trying to buy the island.

Do you know why they wanted to buy the island and the castle?

The city and state bought the island from the federal government for $1 three years ago.

The association bought the island and surveyed a number of lots for development.

Warwick bought the island in 1994 for a city park.

In the early 1900's, several people even turned down the opportunity to buy the entire island for $5,000.