Big Cedar Lodge opened in 1988 on Table Rock Lake.

Big Cedar Lodge, 612 Devil's Pool Road, Ridgedale, Mo. 65739; (417) 335-2777, fax (417) 335-2340.

The small island in the creek was once home to Cedar Lodge, but this structure was demolished in the 1930s.

Reportedly when Williams was on his way to Big Cedar Lodge one day, he had noticed some rough rock outcroppings and said, "What about these?

The Yellow Cedar Lodge was built by hand with Cedar cut from the property on which it sits.

The Pioneer Lodge is located 800 meters up the road from Yellow Cedar Lodge.

In 1995, Cedar Lodge and several other structures built by the WPA in the 1930s and 1940s were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Cedar Lodge is a very popular restaurant which draws customers from the surrounding area.

Groups, which average about 15 people, are housed in the Cedar Lodge on the Zhupanova River, north of Petropavlovsk; all rooms have private bathrooms with flush toilets and showers.

More upscale accommodations were added in the Cedar Lodge in 2002.