The Brookdale Golf Club facility, located in the suburb of Brookdale near Tacoma, opened in 1931 and was designed by Al Smith. The clubhouse, of varicolored stones and brown shakes, resembles a Swiss chalet.

The Oregon Trail Memorial at the golf club grounds commemorates the spot where the Naches Pass Immigrant Train last camped as a complete unit in October, 1853. Some of the party went south to Oregon from this spot, some north into King County, and others southwest into Thurston County. Large numbers settled near Parkland in Pierce County.

Across the gold course once stood the Matthew Mahon Home, beside Clover Creek. Christopher Mahon, a veteran of the Mexican War, took up a donation land claim and settled here with his family in 1852. He built a log cabin, planted seven fruit trees, and began clearing land for a farm. In 1862 Mahon built a two-story house with lumber hauled overland from Tumwater. This house was used as a dwelling by Mahon’s son Matthew until 1931, when it was replaced by the present structure. Near the thirteenth green of the golf course is the Mahon family cemetery.

Clover Creek is a stream that empties into Lake Steilacoom in the city of Lakewood in Pierce County. It was named by Christopher Mahon, an early settler, “because wild clover was so abundant along the creek”. The creek carries the waters of Spanaway Lake into Lake Steilacoom as well as draining a large area of Parkland.