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Indian Guru's Ranch Sold at Sheriff's Auction (UPI Archives, 1988)

United Press International, 2 December 1988

A United Press International wire story dated 2 December 1988 reporting the 4.5 million dollar sheriff's auction sale of the former Rajneeshpuram ranch in Wasco County, Oregon, read via secondary confirmation after the archive page itself blocked direct automated access.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Tier 3: a United Press International wire story dated 2 December 1988, reporting that Wasco County Sheriff Art Labrousse sold the former Rajneeshpuram ranch, the Big Muddy Ranch in central Oregon, at a courthouse-steps sheriff's auction that Friday for 4.5 million dollars, the lone bid coming from Connecticut General Life Insurance Co, the mortgage holder, after Rajneesh Investment Corp stopped making payments in 1986. The archive page itself returned HTTP 403 to this pass's automated tools and could not be read directly; the figure and its surrounding detail are confirmed instead by two independent search-engine renderings of the same archived wire item, agreeing on the price, date, sheriff's name and buyer, which is why this is scored a step below the tier a direct primary read would earn rather than withheld outright, and named here rather than left silent.
Citation
Publisher
United Press International
Publication Year
1988
URL
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/12/02/Indian-gurus-ranch-sold-at-sheriffs-auction/8028079430205/
Source Type
news
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Oregon, States & Territories

This source names Oregon directly: "Rajneeshpuram ranch in Wasco County, Oregon, read via secondary confirmation after the archive page itself blocked direct automated access."

Source Indian Guru's Ranch Sold at Sheriff's Auction (UPI Archives, 1988)
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • New Religious Movements, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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