Disney built Disneyland around a family farm that refused a $90 million offer

The Fujishiges watched the area around their farm change as Disneyland took shape nearby. For decades, a small family farm stood next to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. While the theme park expanded around it, the Fujishige family continued to grow strawberries, vegetables and herbs on their land.The farm had become an unusual sight in an area increasingly shaped by Disney and tourism. According to SF Gate,By the 1990s, the family’s produce stand was still selling fresh strawberries and vegetables to locals and visitors, even as the value of the land rose sharply.The Fujishige family had repeatedly rejected offers to sell the property. Disney executives wanted the land as the company planned further development around Disneyland. But Hiroshi Fujishige remained firm about keeping the farm. “This land means quite a bit to me. My brother died for it.” Fujishige told the Los Angeles Times in 1991.Hiroshi and his brother Masao were born in Los Angeles in the 1920s to Japanese parents. According to PBS SoCal, their family faced restrictions under California’s Alien Land Laws, which prevented Japanese immigrants from owning land.When the US military forced Japanese Americans to leave t...