Lodges

Cahuilla Lodge # 127 Pages Area 4 HistoryThe Area 4 History website chronicles Order of the Arrow history throughout traditional BSA Area 4, which comprises Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona. The site covers history from 1945 to 2020, and includes Area U, Areas 12-A, 12-E, and 12-F, as we as Sections W4A, W4B, W4C, … Read more

Area 4 HistoryThe Area 4 History website chronicles Order of the Arrow history throughout traditional BSA Area 4, which comprises Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona. The site covers history from 1945 to 2020, and includes Area U, Areas 12-A, 12-E, and 12-F, as we as Sections W4A, W4B, W4C, W4N, W4s, and W6W. Contributions … Read more

Cahuilla Lodge Pages Area 4 HistoryThe Area 4 History website chronicles Order of the Arrow history throughout traditional BSA Area 4, which comprises Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona. The site covers history from 1945 to 2020, and includes Area U, Areas 12-A, 12-E, and 12-F, as we as Sections W4A, W4B, W4C, W4N, W4s, … Read more

Area 4 HistoryThe Area 4 History website chronicles Order of the Arrow history throughout traditional BSA Area 4, which comprises Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona. The site covers history from 1945 to 2020, and includes Area U, Areas 12-A, 12-E, and 12-F, as we as Sections W4A, W4B, W4C, W4N, W4s, and W6W. Contributions … Read more

* Ahwahnee Lodge # 430 was not officially chartered until February 21, 1950, but the Lodge organized pre-charter throughout 1949 . Ahwahnee Lodge Pages Area 4 HistoryThe Area 4 History website chronicles Order of the Arrow history throughout traditional BSA Area 4, which comprises Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona. The site covers history from … Read more

The Mojave Chapter served the Mojave District of California Inland Empire Council. It comprised the City of Barstow and its outlying communities, as well as the Big Bear communities in the San Bernardino Mountains. The chapter can trace its history back to the Mojave Chapter in Wisumahi Lodge. Two Cahuilla Lodge Chiefs were from Barstow … Read more

Term Chief Adviser 1945 Elbert Clark 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 Russel Murphy 1952 Al Hatheway 1953 Bill Marumoto 1954 Gordon McKinzie 1955 John B. Adams 1956 Bill Matt (sic?) 1957 1958 Robert MacFarland 1959 Charles Arthur Remley Jr. 1960 Andrew J. Kermes (sic?) 1961 Robert Wayne Anderson 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 … Read more

Greetings Brother and Sister Order of the Arrow members. I’m Brother Lilchpin, also known as Ken DeWitt. I was the last Lodge Chief of Wisumahi Lodge # 478. 50 years ago, Tahquitz # 127’s Lodge chief, Jon Nelson and I were elected to be the first Lodge Co-Chiefs for Cahuilla Lodge # 127. Wisumahi and … Read more

The following was included as a single-page history in 1950s OA Handbooks handed out to new Ordeal Members in Wisumahi Lodge. The Wisumahi Lodge was formed in 1951 by Dean Menard of San Gorgonio Lodge. Wisumahi is a Dakota word meaning arrowhead. The lodge was chartered in 1952 as No. 478. Sixteen charter members were … Read more

Cahuilla Lodge # 127 Pages Area 4 HistoryThe Area 4 History website chronicles Order of the Arrow history throughout traditional BSA Area 4, which comprises Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona. The site covers history from 1945 to 2020, and includes Area U, Areas 12-A, 12-E, and 12-F, as we as Sections W4A, W4B, W4C, … Read more