Cedar Lodge

Cedar Lodge as it looks today.

Cedar Lodge was not in the old brochure as it had not been built yet. The property on which the lodge was built was originally patented by William I. Mahan on November 1, 1904. Mahan conveyed the property to A. J. Johnson almost immediately. A. J. Johnson was Guy Johnson's father. The Johnsons' store had just been built a few years prior to that. The property remained in the Johnson family until September 17, 1966, when Don and Lila Langford acquired it. I did not know the Langfords, but I wonder if they might have been part of their family, as the Langfords then conveyed the property to Kenneth and Patricia Johnson on April 17, 1967. The Johnsons then sold it to William and Florence Haege on May 7, 1969. One interesting restriction on the deed as it was passed down from A. J. Johnson all the way to the Haeges was no grocery store or trailer houses were allowed on the property. It was common for the Johnson property to be restricted to no grocery stores as they were trying to keep out the competition, but I was surprised by the trailer house restriction.

The Haeges did a great job with Cedar Lodge. They had 10 or 12 RV sites, two apartments downstairs that they rented long term and a couple sleeping rooms upstairs for transient guests. They also had a game room in the basement with a pool table. Sometimes during the off-season we would go there and play pool in the evenings. The Haeges eventually rented a few of their RV sites to  permanent mobile homes (not sure how they got around the trailer house restriction). After Bill Haege's death, Flo continued to run the business. They did not have any children. After Flo's passing, some of their family lived there for a while, but on September 1, 2000, L.K. Campbell, acting as personal representative for the estate of Florence Haege, sold the property to Ron and Denise Lewis.

Ron had a lot of ideas. He considered condos at one time or another and also considered building a restaurant. Eventually he was going to cut it into eight lots for private residences and keep a lot for a restaurant. But, in the end, on October 27, 2007, he sold the property to Howell Valley Properties.

The view from the old Cedar Lodge.

The property has remained closed since then. With such a great view and close proximity to the marina, I'm sure it will be put to good use again some day.

By Cap'n T. Morgan