Why The U.S. Government Spent $5.7 Billion on a World-Ending Pyramid

11. The $3.5 Million Offer

According to Cavalier County, the Hutterites turned around and tried to sell back the property only a few months later for $3.5 million. This was well above what the land was worth, therefore its sat abandoned with only a few soybean crops being planted by the religious sect.