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Kinhega Lodge was a hunting and fishing plantation located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States on Lake Iamonia. From the 1830s through 1866 the land was part of the cotton plantation known as Water Oak Plantation owned by Richard Bradford. ==Horseshoe Plantation== In 1901, Clement A. Griscom, a businessman and shipping magnate from Philadelphia whose family gained much wealth after the American Civil War with the American Line and Red Star Line purchased and plantation house in the horseshoe bend of Lake Iamonia for $5300 from R. E. Lester, the son of Capt. William Lester of Oaklawn Plantation. From 1902 through 1903 Griscom purchased land from heirs of Burgesstown Plantation, the Whitehead family, and many other owners retaining the name of Horseshoe Plantation. The plantation eventually was more than in size with over of woodland drives. When Clement A. Griscom died on October 19, 1916, Horseshoe Plantation was divided up and part sold. Lloyd C. Griscom received on the west side naming it Luna Plantation while Frances C. Griscom, a sportswoman, received of the old plantation to the east and named it Water Oak Plantation.〔 Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968, pp. 83-84.〕 Frances Griscom was the 1900 United States Women's Amateur Golf Champion.〔(History of the McBride School )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kinhega Lodge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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