The story of the historically Black-owned Pleasant Yacht Club, the only one of its kind in Baltimore County, goes back to the 1950s. The last living founding member 97-year-old Johnnie Mathis told WMAR-2 News that back then he was working for Bethlehem Steel and the company had made a yacht club for their white employees. "We went over to Bethlehem Steel, about 6 people, all Bethlehem Steel employees went there and asked them to build us a pier and they said no we won't do that," Mathis said. So they took it upon themselves to build everything by hand from a floating pier, a boat ramp, and even hauling a small house for the start of the building. #news #yachtclub #baltimorecounty