Dailey family eventually sold the house but kept the tillable acreage. Sixty per cent of the land was tillable, and the remainder afforded good grazing. Through careful farming practices, the farm swelled to of tillable land. Kuskov returned to Novo Arkhangelsk, reporting abundant fur bearing mammals, fish, timber and tillable lands. In 1859, the population was recorded as 120 with tillable land of 12 feddans. The settlers had "migrated from Manhattan Island seeking more tillable land".