History of Kono Tayee Estates

Kono Tayee Estates - Established

Ever wonder why our streets are named Richard, Cora, Harry & Milos?

Take a stroll back in time ... and learn a little about our history

1843: Richard Samuel Floyd born in Camden County, Georgia

1859: Floyd was appointed to the Annapolis Naval Academy.

1861: Floyd left the Naval Academy when Georgia seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.

Late 1860s: Quercus Ranch purchased by Captain Richard Floyd in Lake County

Mounds Cottages & Hotel owned by Captain Floyd with the first pier on Clear Lake where he docked

"Hallie" Captain Floyd purchases 300-acre peninsula from pioneer Alter family of Lake County and names it Kono Tayee

1871: Richard Floyd marries Cora Lyons

1873: Richard and Cora's daughter, Harry Augustus Lyons Floyd (nicked named Harry or Hallie or Hal) born in San Francisco

1874: Captain Floyd starts building Kono Tayee mansion as personal retreat

1890: Captain Floyd dies in Philadelphia hospital

1891: Cora Lyons Floyd dies in hotel in San Rafael, leaving daughter, Harry Floyd, owner of Kono Tayee Estate and other real estate holdings

1903: Harry Floyd marries Milos Gopcevic in Lakeport and dies four months later. Milos becomes owner of Kono Tayee Estates.

1920s: Milos Gopcevic prevents Highway 20 from cutting through Kono Tayee, and instead follows its present-day route

1963: Kono Tayee sold by Gopcevic heirs to Hayward land developer, Al Bruner, and Jerome Sills

July 1965: Captain Floyd's Kono Tayee mansion torn down to make way for Kono Tayee Estates housing development

April 17, 1965: Al Bruner first accepts money for lots in Kono Tayee

February 1972: First Homeowners Association Board of Directors appointed by Al Bruner: