The early 1890s were lively times in the Honey Lake Valley. There were numerous enterprises constructing dams every where to create McCoy Flat reservoir, Hog Flat reservoir, Ward Lake, Skedaddle dam and Lake Greeno. Let us not forget the biggie, the tapping of Eagle Lake.

Adding to all this was Amedee an instant railroad boom located on the eastern shore of Honey Lake. In the spring of 1892, Charles Teague and H.B. Griffith formed the Amedee Yacht Club. S.N. “Mac” Sample had the first boat which received extensive use. On its maiden voyage in the spring of 1892 had a crew of of George Clark, captain; S.N. Griffith, commodore; E.C. Brown and L.W. Brubeck, mates and Jake Yanner, engineer.

The Amedee Yacht Club even had a backup plan should Honey Lake reach a point that if it got too low for the boats. The club cited with all the reservoirs being constructed that there would be times that the water from Eagle Lake would not be need for irrigation, and that water could be used fill up Honey Lake for sailing purposes.

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