Wyntoon is the name of a private estate in rural Siskiyou County, California, owned by the Hearst Corporation.
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13 Facts About Wyntoon
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Famous visitors to Wyntoon include Clark Gable, Charles Lindbergh, Joseph P Kennedy, Sr.
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Wyntoon advocated for a railroad line to be extended northward from Redding to his location, and was successful.
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Wyntoon established the town of Sisson surrounding his inn, and he built a fishing resort a half-day's ride away on the McCloud River, at an elevation between 2,700 and 3,000 feet, some 16 miles distant.
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Hearst summered at Wyntoon and raised her son's children there when he was not watching them.
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Hearst occasionally entertained her society friends and acquaintances at Wyntoon, bringing selected guests up north from the Panama–Pacific International Exposition of 1915.
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Wyntoon was given to his cousin Anne Apperson Flint in his mother's will, and Hearst was angered over this.
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On January 1,1935, photographer Peter Stackpole's images of Wyntoon were published in Life magazine, showing Hearst relaxing at Wyntoon with friends.
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Hearst's communications office at Wyntoon was shown in the photos; it was built next to Bear House to keep him abreast of current events.
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Wyntoon was included, it was estimated the prior year to be worth $300,000.
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Wyntoon was maintained only by a skeleton staff paid for by the Hearst Corporation.
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Wyntoon wrote her a poem or a short note every night, which he slipped under her door for her to see in the morning.
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