[2][3][4] Early members included Zane Grey, Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Hal Roach, Cecil B. DeMille, Herbert Hoover and George S.

[2][3][4] Among the first honorary members were Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, author Henry Van Dyke (both elected in 1898), Henry Markham (elected in 1899), ex-President Grover Cleveland (1899), Gifford Pinchot (1906) and Charles Hallock (1907).

[5] Against widespread opinion and popular belief, the future prime minister Winston Churchill was not part of the membership.

[10] The clubhouse is located at 100 St. Catherine Way in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island in California.

[11] The state marker on the site reads: The clubhouse was used as a location for the 1974 film Chinatown.