History of the Ema 'O Mahpe Lodge

Founded on April 1st 2001 from the mergers of the Ah-Ska Lodge #213 and Inola Lodge #148, The Ema'O Mahpe Lodge (Lodge #14 under the old O.A. Lodge numbering system) serves 19 Northern Oklahoma Counties.

The Ema 'O Mahpe totem is the coyote.

Ema 'O Mahpe - 1st Lodge Flap

Inola Lodge #148

Inola Lodge was chartered in 1939 in the Will Rogers Council (473) located in Ponca City, Oklahoma. In 1948, Inola Lodge absorbed Cimeroon Lodge #283, chartered in 1945 in the Cimarron Valley Area Council located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cimeroon Lodge totem is unknown. In 2001, Inola Lodge merged with Ah-Ska Lodge #213 to form Ema'o Mahpe Lodge #14.

The Inola Lodge totem was a Thunderbird.

Ah-Ska Lodge #213

Ah-Ska lodge #213 was chartered in 1941 in the Great Salt Plains Council (474) located in Enid, Oklahoma. The council occupied northwest Oklahoma - from the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle to Interstate 35 and from the South Canadian River to the Kansas state line. 

When the Ah-Ska Lodge was founded in 1941, its original name was Thunderbird Lodge and changed its name to Coyote Lodge in 1948. Sometime after 1955 the name was changed again to Ah-Ska Lodge. The last few years of its existence, it consisted of three chapters - Eluwak Chapter that covers the eastern 1/3 of the council, Woapalane Chapter in the center 1/3, and Ajapeu Chapter in the western 1/3. The lodge was most active in maintaining and improving (WSR) Williams Scout Reservation near Cleo Springs, Oklahoma, Camp Renfrew near Woodward, Oklahoma and promoting camping in the Northwest Oklahoma. Toward the end its life, the lodge took up a challenge to finance and construct a new bath house at WSR. The new bath house was completed in time for the conclave the lodge hosted in 1998. The lodge constructed many things at WSR and Camp Renfrew to improve the scouting programs at the camps. On April 17-19, 1998 the lodge had the honor of hosting the SR-3A Section Conclave at Williams Scout Reservation for the first time in many years. 

The Ah-Ska totem was an elk

More history coming soon!!

History of the Order of the Arrow

The Order of the Arrow (OA) was founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson in 1915 at the Treasure Island Scout Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America.  It became an official program experiment in 1922 and was approved as part of the BSA program in 1934.  In 1948, the OA, recognized as the BSA's national brotherhood of honor campers, became an official part of the Boy Scouts of America.

In 1998, the Order of the Arrow was recognized as Scouting's National Honor Society when it expanded its reach beyond camping to include a greater focus on leadership development, membership extension, adventurous programming, and broader service to Scouting and the community.  Today, its service, activities, adventures, and training for youth and adults are models of quality leadership development and programming that enrich, support, and help extend Scouting to America's youth.

NEW - The full History of the Order of the Arrow has been published in a new book that we now carry in our Lodge Trading Post.  Cost $20.00