Complex sentence: The Johnson Land Company of Iowa purchased a flax field owned by Gabriel Gabrielson When the Northern Pacific laid its tracks in 1899, "Blooming Prairie" was renamed Binford after attorney Ray Binford of Charles City, Iowa, who handled the Land Company's purchase.
Split into simpler sentences: The Johnson Land Company of Iowa purchased a flax field owned by Gabriel Gabrielson When the Northern Pacific laid its tracks in 1899. The town of "Blooming Prairie" was renamed Binford after attorney Ray Binford of Charles City, Iowa, who handled the Land Company's purchase.