Order of the Arrow

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

Scouting began almost immediately after the founding of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. Early Scouting units in cities throughout the Southwest often began before the thought of Councils came into play. Many of the earliest Councils were second-class organizations, considered groups without a full-time employed executives. By the early 1920s, Scouting in most … Read more

Region 12 was an organization without the Boy Scouts of America that existed from 1920 – 1972. The original Region system was closely based on the Federal Reserve regional system. Region 12 consisted of the majority of California, Nevada, Utah, the majority of Arizona, and a small part of Wyoming. The slogan for the Region … 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

Year Lodge Region 1969 Ta Tanka Lodge Western 1971 Topa Topa Lodge Western 1972 Yowlumne Lodge Western 1973 Chee Dodge Lodge Western 1977 Ta Tanka Lodge Western 1979 Wipala Wiki Lodge Western 1981 Spe-Le-Yai Lodge Western 1983 Cahuilla Lodge Western 1983 Wipala Wiki Lodge Western 1989 Tatanka Lodge Western 1996 Cahuilla Lodge Western 1997 Wipala … Read more

Year Lodge Council City 1999 Wipala Wiki Lodge Grand Canyon Council Phoenix, AZ 2000 Malibu Lodge Western Los Angeles Council Van Nuys, CA 2000 Wipala Wiki Lodge Grand Canyon Council Phoenix, AZ 2001 Cahuilla Lodge California Inland Empire Council Redlands, CA 2001 Wipala Wiki Lodge Grand Canyon Council Phoenix, AZ 2002 Wiatava Lodge Orange County … 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

On January 1, 1973, the Order of the Arrow consolidated from the previous 12 regions into a 6 region system.  In the course of creating this system, OA Sections replaced the previous OA Areas.  This was the birth of OA Area 4, the namesake for this website.  Area 4 was divided into 3 sections.  Section … 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

OAWUG (Order of the Arrow WordPress User Group) is a collaboration between Sections W4S and W6W on teaching youth and advisers how to maintain their WordPress websites. The initial focus will be to teach users how to use WordPress’s interface to create content on Pages and Posts. More information will be forthcoming. Area 4 HistoryThe … Read more