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A Living Legend – The Hotel Del Coronado

Posted on March 22, 2008 by mitchems

In February, I stayed at the Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego California. Like the Jekyll Island Club, the Hotel Del (as it is called by the locals) is a historic landmark and worthy of the robber baron lifestyle. The … Continue reading →

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Live like a Robber Baron

Posted on November 23, 2007 by mitchems

The names include J.P. Morgan, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Pulitzer… these families got together in 1886 and founded a hunting club on the Georgia’s faraway Jekyll Island. This club is the Jekyll Island Club, on of the most prominent resorts on … Continue reading →

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