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James Addison Reavis (May 10, 1843-November 27, 1914), later using the name James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the so-called Baron of Arizona was an American forger and fraudster. He is best known in association with the Peralta land grant, also known as the Barony of Arizona, a pair of fraudulent land claims, which if certified, would have granted him ownership over 18,600 square miles (48,200 km2) of land in central Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory.