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William L Graham acquired his initial 560 acres within this section in 1949.  The Graham Family maintained their homestead there until it was purchased by Tom Devlin in 1996. In the center of the square mile were 80 acres owned by the Dinkler Siblings, a brother and two sisters from Oklahoma. The Dinkler's owned the property that now holds the clubhouse, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 18th holes. This track was purchased by Graham in 1980 to complete his ownership of the entire section. Located on this property was the worlds first round house invented by Buckminster Fuller to be a factory assembled luxury home.  The Dymaxion house was built by Beech Aircraft Company out of airplane parts. The house was donated to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan in 1987. The Graham's main house which sat on a small body of water, was made of small wood bricks, one of Graham's many inventions. In the middle of the living room was a trap door which Mr. Graham used as his indoor fishing hole.