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Cedar Mills Yacht Club was founded in 1981 by a handful of refugees from Lake Grapevine in Dallas, TX. According to former member Dick Wheeler, "The Club was founded by a group of Grapevine Lake refugees all right, of which I was one. But the year was 1979, not ‘81 and the reason was excessively LOW water... in [Lake] Grapevine... not high. The Club was known briefly as the "Texoma Fleet of the Grapevine Sailing Club." Eventually, several of those intrepid souls did found Cedar Mills Yacht Club at Cedar Mills Marina on Lake Texoma. Lake Texoma was impounded in 1944 and is located on the Texas-Oklahoma border. With a surface area of 89,000 acres and 580 miles of shoreline, it is the twelfth largest man made lake in the country. The lake is located approximately one hour north of Dallas, TX and two and one half hours south of Oklahoma City, OK. Nearby cities include: Sherman and Dennison Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma. The clubhouse is located on the Cedar Mills Marina property just 100 yards south of the Ship's Store near the marina center cove. There are showers, a small kitchen, a lending library, TV and fireplace. The most recent addition is a large deck with BBQ/Smoker for use by the membership. The marina is also home to Valiant Yachts, the manufacturer of world class ocean Cruising Yachts.
The building offers the members many of the comforts of home - fireplace, kitchen showers, library, television, and inside/outside sound system, conversation and meeting areas. The deck overlooks the center cove of the Cedar Mills marina on the west side of the Big Mineral arm of Lake Texoma.
The building was heavily damaged by flood waters in 1991 and had to be demolished, making room for the current building. |
The
History of Cedar Mills Yacht Club 
The
clubhouse was built in 1991 after the original building was destroyed
in the 'hundred year flood'. 
The original building was moved to this site from elsewhere and was reputed
to have been a brothel. The building served as a the marina offices until
what is now the Pelican's Landing Restaurant was built. The Yacht Club
took over the building in 1981.