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KIPLINGER COLLECTION
Historical photo of the entrance to the 10-acre, river-to-river property.
one of his workers told fellow employees that Mr. Cheek was
not a boss, he was a father to them.
PUBLISHING TITAN
The Cheek family’s 20-year reign at Bay Tree Lodge ended
when the property was purchased by a newsman publisher,
who also cherished his employees. Willard Monroe “Kip”
Kiplinger became famous for the staccato of his informative
prose. Starting on a shoestring in the 1920s, the former Associated
Press reporter began filling a single sheet of paper,
mimeographed front and back, with as many economic facts
and forecasts as he could cram in. He called it The Kiplinger >>
RICK CRARY
The lodge is perched on top of a high coquina ridge in Sewall’s Point.
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