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:
•President – William (Bill) Ellis
•Vice President – Mack D. Frye
•Secretary/Treasurer – O.R. Lambert
•Director – Al Bruner
•Director – William Atteberry