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[[File:Kinhega Lodge in Tallahassee.jpg|thumb|Kinhega Lodge in Tallahassee, between 1969 and 1985]]
[[File:Kinhega Lodge.png|thumb|right|Location of Kinhega Lodge in 1967]]
'''Kinhega Lodge''' was a hunting and fishing plantation located in northern [[Leon County, Florida|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 Griscom|Clement A. Griscom]], a businessman and shipping magnate from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] whose family gained much wealth after the [[American Civil War]] with the [[American Line]] and [[Red Star Line]] purchased {{convert|978|acre|abbr=on}} and plantation house in the horseshoe bend of [[Lake Iamonia]] for $5300 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=5300|start_year=1901}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) from R. E. Lester, the son of Capt. William Lester of [[Oaklawn Plantation (Leon County, Florida)|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 {{convert|10000|acre|abbr=on}} in size with over {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} of woodland drives.

When [[Clement Griscom|Clement A. Griscom]] died on October 19, 1916, [[Horseshoe Plantation]] was divided up and part sold. [[Lloyd C. Griscom]] received {{convert|4000|acre|abbr=on}} on the west side naming it [[Luna Plantation]] while [[Frances C. Griscom]], a sportswoman, received {{convert|7000|acre|abbr=on}} of the old plantation to the east and named it [[Water Oak Plantation]].<ref>
Paisley, Clifton; ''From Cotton To Quail'', University of Florida Press, c1968, pp. 83-84.</ref> Frances Griscom was the 1900 [[United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship|United States Women's Amateur Golf Champion]].<ref>[http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/Public/History/LakeMcBride.html History of the McBride School]</ref>

[[File:Kinnega Lodge 2009.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to Kinhega Lodge]]

==Becoming Kinhega==
In 1951 Frances Griscom sold a large part of Water Oak Plantation to J.C. (Bull) Headley, a recent transplanted from [[Kentuckian]]. Griscom retained Water Oak with a few hundred acres of land. Headley turned his property into [[Bull Run Plantation]], a luxurious farm which grew in agricultural output. Headley ran several hundred head of [[cattle]] and continued with operations as a hunting plantation.

In 1964 Headley sold his hunting lodge and {{convert|3700|acre|abbr=on}} to [[Gillis Long]], a Congressman from [[Louisiana]] and assistant secretary of the [[Office of Economic Opportunity]] under President [[Lyndon Johnson]]. A group of hunters, golfers, and fishing enthusiasts also got involved and the property became Kinhega Lodge. The lodge was more a [[water fowl]] and fishing lodge and supplied members with four man-made lakes, including nearby [[Lake Monkey Business]], a {{convert|90|acre|abbr=on}} lake for [[duck]]s, plus [[Lake Iamonia]]. Though some [[quail hunting]] took place, it was not as prevalent as the quail hunting plantations nearby.

In 1963 Kinhega was reorganized and took in members from [[Texas]], [[Wisconsin]], and [[New York (state)|New York]] among others. Membership was at 100 with Gillis Long still involved. Another prominent member was Jack Ladd, a vice-president of [[Holiday Inn|Holiday Inns of America]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].

==Photo gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths=180 heights=140>
File:Lake Iamonia gallery002.jpg|View of Lake Iamonia
File:Kinega Lodge grounds01.jpg|Live oaks at Kinega
File:Kinega Lodge grounds03.jpg|South lawn
File:Kinega Lodge grounds02.jpg|Lake view through trees
</gallery>
Adjacent plantations:
* [[Horseshoe Plantation]] to the east
* [[Luna Plantation]] to the west
* [[Ayavalla Plantation]] to the south

Kinega would eventually become Kinhega Lodge Estates, Limited. In the early 1970s the property sold again to investors who developed the property into Killearn Lakes Plantation, a development of 4,500 homes.

==References==
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[[Category:Historic buildings and structures in Leon County, Florida]]
[[Category:Plantations in Leon County, Florida]]