Isla Guadalupe in Mexico, for a small island off the coast of Mexico it has a rich story with ownership documents going back to the early 1800′s, complete with title documents, letters, and even “stock certificates.” Original documents show that by 1845 Isla Guadalupe was a privately held island owned by the Western Livestock Company out of Boston Massachusetts. To put this into perspective by 1845 in the USA many states had yet to join the union. Alaska was not purchased from Russia until 1867. Isla Guadalupe was ceded from the Mexican Government to a Jose Castro and Florencio...