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According to historical records, “ King Christian V gave the estate to the Brandenburg Company in 1695. The estate was owned by several owners between 1739 and 1854, when it was sold to Rasmus Wilhelm Rasmussen, whose family then sold the estate (though not the Great House) to the V.I Government in 1955.” (Photo courtesy Olasee Davis)

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An old Danish school ruin from the 1840s at Estate Mount Victory on St. Croix. (Photo by Olasee Davis)

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