You could easily keep a rather big herd of cattle-- which was not possible on the sandy ground that was higher.
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The mall, 100 motel units, three restaurants and the airstrip sprang up from the sandy ground with the marina opening in 1963.
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"' Sandy Ground "'( ) is a coastal community on the French side of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.
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While a judge instructed one of the boys to research the history of Sandy Ground, the boys'cases are pending in juvenile court.
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Now only about 10 original Sandy Ground families remain, their wooden homes islands in a sea of semidetached town houses and Italianate estates.
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By day, I had sightlines along the sandy ground through the heavy arches of the live oaks, and could see only porches beyond.
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The museum is operated by the Sandy Ground Historical Society and its annual festival is a celebration of black history, culture and freedom.
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It is typically found growing in sandy ground at sea level, and on dry hills and flat ground up to 1000 feet elevation.
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"When you come here and you see this, it's just heartbreaking, " said Julie Lewis, the president of the Sandy Ground Historical Society.
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Sandy Ground also served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad, and is the oldest continuously settled free black community in the United States.
