While recreational boating on Honey Lake dates back to 1856, commercial boating did not occur until the early 1890s with the establishment of Amedee on the east side of the lake, as the terminus of the N-C-O-Railroad.
There were a total of four boat docks. Two on the west shore on the ranches of Decious and Clark. The Barham dock on the northwest corner near where Baxter Creek enters the lake. Of course, the other was at Amedee. Material on them are scarce. In September 1907, E. C. Brown launched his tugboat at Amedee. In 1915, his son, Asa docked the boat for the last time at Barhams. The last time I inspected the remnants of Brown’s boat, there was nothing to indicate a dock along the shore. The same was true when attempting to locate the site of the Amedee boat dock, there was no evidence of a dock. Though unrelated, it is real interesting what washes ashore on the east side of Honey Lake.