Around 1980, George Russell was contemplating selling the remainder of Crossbasket Estate, perhaps prompted by seeing his brother in laws profit? Again, absent in America, I suspect he had underestimated the costs of the upkeep of such a large property or had lost interest. The National Records of Scotland record a legal case Ref […]
1977– On 20th July 1977, a Mrs. Bain had asked the Secretary of State for Scotland “what was the subsidy given in 1976 to help the James Little Training College” which she reported was experiencing financial troubles and asked what help could be given now that the James Little College had announced they would have to […]
An extract from “The History of Crossbasket Castle” by Paul Veverka 1976 – On 21st June 1976 Roosevelt Memorial (Polio) Fund sold Crossbasket Castle and its grounds, with all their ownership over to George Baxter Russell, a religious minded, American businessman absent at 1024 Westport Circle, Youngstoun, Ohio, USA. This was done with the […]