The Order of
the Arrow is a national brotherhood of honored campers
of the Boy Scouts of America. The organization
was founded during the summer of 1915 at Treasure
Island, the summer camp of Philadelphia Area Council,
by E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edison. The
OA is based on the lore and legends of the
Lenni-Lenape or Delaware Indians. E. Urner
Goodman was the camp director at the camp and Carroll
A. Edison was serving as assistant director in charge
of the commissary.
Founded in 1938
in Buffalo Trail Council
As the Order
of the Arrow spread from word of mouth from one camp
to another over the ensuing years, lodges were
organized in those Boy Scout Councils. Tatanka
Lodge 141 of the Buffalo Trail Council, Midland,
Texas, was chartered in 1938. The following
story appeared in the Sweetwater Reporter on
February 9, 1940, by Charlie Taylor:
"In
1938 an organization not known to most Scouts of
the council was introduced to the boys at summer
camp, the Order of the Arrow. "The
Scouts who attended camp for the last two years
elected from the group the boys whom they
considered the best campers, and these were
nominated for places in the Order of the Arrow. "After
having attended the Thanksgiving initiation,
were they took the Scout oath anew and took for
the first time the oath of the Order of the
Arrow, they each returned home with a new desire
for better service to others. "Sweetwater
Scouts who are members of the Order of the Arrow
are DeWitt Conley (Troop 40),
Billy White (Troop 41), Charles
Ritter (Troop 40), Lingo Brown (Eagle
Scout of Troop 48), Tom Paxton (Eagle
Scout) and Charlie Taylor. "Leaders
who live in Sweetwater and are members, are Lee
Langley, H. D. Reed, J.M..Pendergrass, Chars E.
Paxton (Council President), S. P.
Gaskin (Scout Executive) and Paul
Brown. "All
leaders of the organization are members."
Another
story on December 15, 1938 was published as follows:
Scout
Organication To Hold Ceremony
"SWEETWATER,
Dec. 15 - Investiture ceremonies for the Buffal
Trail Council's chaper of the Order of the
Arrow, national camping fraternity, will be held
at 8 o'clock Saturday night, Dec. 17, at the Boy
Scout cabin on Lake Sweetwater. The
ceremoney will be a feature of an overnight
cmping program for scouts and scouters,
beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday and closing ata 8
a.m. Sunday. "Order
of the Arrow is an honor society, with
membership composed of scouts and
scouters. CAndidates for membership have
been nominated by the camp staff of the Buffalo
Trail Council and will be voted on by fellow
members in camp. This is the only chapter
to be organized in the council. "Scouts
nominated for membership include Fred G.
Middleton, Midland; Richard Thomas, Big Spring;
Christino Alvarado, Odessa; Goodrich Hejl,
Midland; Dick Sheehan, Hermleigh; Craig Porter,
Colorado; Jim Purceil, Midland;, Charles Ritter,
Billy White, and DeWitt Conley, Sweetwater;
Wolford Hardly, Big Spring; Bartlett Strayhorn,
Rolan; Pat McMullen and Jimmy Pickering,
Midland, and Aubrey Headstream, Roby. "Scout
leaders eligible for membership in the Order
include H. D. Redd, Dan Roberts, Jr., J. W.
Pendergrass, Jimmy Beall, Charles E. Paxton, and
Lee Langley."
In a story
that appeared in the Sweetwater Reporter on
February 9, 1939, H. D. Reed, J. W. Pendergrass
(Eagle Scout) and Henry Roberts, Jr. were listed as
youth members from Sweetwater. Adults included
were Charles Ritter, Billy White, Jimmie Beall,
DeWitt Conley and Charles Paxton. All were
elected the previous summer at Scout Summer Camp
(1938) held at Camp Fawcett near Barksdale, TX.
Service Projects
Currently the lodge has 616 Arrowmen and has
been recognized by OA National as an Honor
Lodge. For the past sixty-four years the lodge
has served cheerfully throughout numerous projects at
the Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch, Camp Ed Murphy, and
Hughes Aquatic Base. They have, just in
the last couple of years, finished a project at
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch called the "Great Wall"
which extended the parade ground.
Also with
help of an OA National matching grant, they were
able to supply water to the back country of Buffalo
Trails Scout Ranch which has helped greatly to
facilitate their programs out that way. They are
building a retaining wall at the corrals and have
repaired Buffalo Hall after wind ripped off a large
portion of the roof.
At Hughes
Aquatic Base, located on Lake Colorado City, the
lodge has been working on two massive projects that
will take some time yet to complete. They are
building pavilions at the campsites and have now
completed two shelters so far. The other
massive project has been the building of a Medic
Hut. They moved a house from property donated
to the council to the camp to serve as a new medic
hut. The hut is now in place with a new metal
roof, insulated and sheetrocked. The
electrical has been run but they still need to
finish out the sheetrock, paint and add a
porch.
The lodge
had accomplished many projects at the aquatic
base. One of their projects was work on and
then to float a new dock. The dock was built on
land, floated out to the end of the old dock, and
then decked. .
Totem
"Tantanka" is
translated as "Buffalo." The "white buffalo" has
become the symbol of the Buffalo Trail Council and the
totem of the Tatanka Lodge. .
.First Patches of the Lodge
This was
the first patch of the lodge and was probably worn
on a neckerchief which was the popular thing to do
in those days. Warren Wallace has one that is
a black cloth neckerchief with the patch sewn on the
back. However, it could have also been worn on
the right pocket of the uniform. Date unknown
as to when it was first issued but it was issued
sometime prior to 1954.
First
pocket-flap - 1954
Current
trading pocket-flap
This was
first issued in 1954 and is the first pocket-flap of
the lodge. Notice how the buffalo has changed
shape from the patch above. According to the
Blue Book, 3rd Edition. some 106 different patches
have been issued in the lodge. Of course some
of them are just different loom runs of the same
patch with a few stitch variations in the run.
The buffalo in the patch has evolved over the
years from being all black to black and
brown, to brown and white, black and white and
finally in about 1987 to a white buffalo as
shown on your right above.
Pocket-flap -
2018
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Whispering Drum
The Whispering Drum is
the official publication of the lodge and is mailed
several times during the year to each Arrowman's
household. It provides the membership with the
latest information on the program of the lodge. Kevin
Morris was editor of the publications from 1998 through
1999. His brother, Ryan Morris, became the editor
in 2000 through 2002. Trevor Morris, another brother was
the editor in 2003. Starting on February 1, 2000,
The Whispering Drum was posted on the Tatanka
website and could be read using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
You can read their current newsletter by going to
the Tatanka Lodge website at http://www.tatanka141.org/
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Tatanka Lodge Web Site
The original
web site for the lodge was inspired by a Chaparral
Chapter web site created by Matthew Jennings, who was
then the Chapter Chief. Kevin Morris was good
friends with him and his brother Brian Jennings.
From this friendship, came the desire to created a
lodge web site.
Kevin
Morris, was webmaster of the web site from about
1997 to 2004. At the beginning the web site was
nothing like it is today. The guestbook was added in
1999 but it was a much later addition to the
original site. During his tenure, the web site
for the Tatanka Lodge was created and made into a
first class online site located at http://www.tatanka141.org/.
In
2004, Matthew Ellsworth became the editor of the web
site and Kein Morris became the adult adviser.
At this time, the site was migrated to Microsoft
Front Page. Kevin Morris, graduated from Texas
Tech University, commissioned in the Air Force and
is attending graduate school at the Air Force
Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio.
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Customs and
Traditions
Photo at right is of Warren Wallace
performing the Eagle Dance. The photo is part of
a larger display that is hanging at Buffalo Trail
Scout Ranch. Photo provided courteous of Kevin
Morris, present Lodge Chief of the Tatanka Lodge 141.
Calling Out Ceremony -1972 - The
following story was provided by Otis Medley,
Lodge Chief in 1978-79
"My
earliest memories of the Tatanka Lodge came when I
arrived at BTSR in the Summer Camp of 1972. Our
troop was small, and had just started the fall
before. I was a brand new Tenderfoot, and excited
about going to camp. Every where I went was evidence
of the OA.; Totem poles, the Buffalos at the
entrance, and OA Springs. It was all so mysterious,
and no one would really tell me anything about it.
Then Friday came, and all the families began to
arrive. Supper was really quite good, and as the
evening turned to dusk everyone began to gather at
the chow hall. There were all these Scouts with
Arrowmen sashes and their coup beads. Everyone grew
quiet, and then these Scouts in authentic looking
Indian costumes came in silence. I started to laugh
but no one else even seem to think this was strange.
We were instructed to to be silent as we were lead
down a path lighted by smudge pots, and along the
way more serious faced Indians were standing on the
rocks above us. Our guide lead with a torch; the
second guide brought up the rear, and also had a
torch. We were lead in the gathering darkness to the
council fire, where we were seated, and the Indians
disappeared. The various members of camp
staff gave awards and other instructions
were given.
"And then
the Indian dancers came and danced to the ancient
songs. It was a show of brilliant colors and the
hard work of months of research and practice. As a
young Scout, though it was just fascinating. When
the dancers were through, the lights slowly dimmed,
and we became conscious of torches on the road above
the council ring. Almost at the same time, high up
on Forbidden Mountain, the WWWs were lit. The Tap
Out team came down the road and came into the ring;
one torch went to a stack of wood on the right, and
the other went to the wood on the left, and at the
same time the torches were tossed into the wood and
the council fire leaped to life. One of the Indians
called to another to check and see if the fire was
properly set and cheerfully burning. And then the
four chiefs began the Tap Out ceremony. As each name
was called out in a loud voice, a runner was
dispatched to retrieve the Scout. Suddenly, a name
was called, a runner dispatched, and the Scout next
to me was taken to the ring!
"It was at
this time I realized it could be me someday. Each
candidate was taken to the ring where one of the
chiefs would take him by the shoulders and thrust
him towards one of the others. In response, The
chief placed his hands on the shoulders of the
candidate, and with three swift taps to his
shoulder, lowered his hands, and folded them at his
chest. The candidate was then turned to the next
chief, who took his coup beads off, and with his
hands spread at shoulder's width, put his coup beads
over the head of the candidate, and tapped both
shoulders at the same time. The candidate was given
a single eagle's claw, and then rushed off into the
darkness up the dry creek bed. Later I found out
that each was told not to speak until after
breakfast and were to carve an arrow for their
ordeal, which was usually held at the end of the
summer camp. Ordeals were also held in late May, and
late August. We called them Work Weekends, and they
all usually had ordeal candidates on the trail."
"The Night We
Shot Allowat"
Kyle Vernon,
who served on the Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch summer
camp staff from 1979 through 1986, wrote two true
stories titled "The
Night We Shot Allowat," and "The Night We Blew
Up Allowat," after changing the names and
dates, as he said, "to protect the innocent and/or
guilty." You can read both of these humorous
stories by clicking on their name. Enjoy!
Kyle Vernon
now works as a school teacher, is a Scoutmaster, and
the sponsor of two clubs.
The Beads of Tatanka Lodge
The lodge has
a coup system. The coup is a necklace that has two
(plastic) eagle claws in the center and beads
signifying the accomplishments of an
Arrowman. The claws are used to show an
arrowman's rank and the chapter he belongs to. Ordeal
members wear their claws pointing outward,
brotherhood members turn their claws so that the face
together, and Vigil members add a totem representative
of their vigil name between their claws. The chapter
color goes on the base of the claws. Brotherhood ranks
such as Firebuilder, Runner, and Keeper of the
Sacred Bundle are represented by painting yellow, sky
blue, and white (respectively) bands on the tips
of the claws. The bands are ¼ inch in width and are
only added when that elevation has been
achieved. See the diagrams below.
Ordeal
Brotherhood
Vigil
Chapter
colors are:
Arrowhead - Purple
Chaparral - Sky Blue
Cibolo - Green
Comanche Trails - Orange with Silver Stripes
Lone
Star - White
GREEN
SQUARE W/STRIPECHAPTER CHIEF (Y)
GREEN SQUARECHAPTER OFFICERS (Y): COMMUNICATIONS,
MEMBERSHIPS PROGRAMS,SECRETARY,TRAINING TAN ROUNDCHAPTER PARTICIPATION-attend 50% of meetings
& events
AWARDS
& HONORS BEADS:
BLACK
ROUNDEAGLE SCOUT (only 1 set per Arrowmen, to be
worn at top) GOLD SQUAREFOUNDERS AWARD (1 set per Arrowmen,elected by
piers) PURPLE ROUNDSPECIAL SERVICE (1 set per Arrowmen,elected
by piers)
CERMONIAL
TEAMS BEADS:
TAN FLATUNIT ELECTION TEAM (set per election
attended) BLACK FLATTAP-OUT TEAM (speaking part only)
PURPLE FLATPRE-ORDEAL CEREMONIAL TEAM (speaking parts
only) WHITE FLATORDEAL CEREMONIAL TEAM (speaking parts
only) GREEN FLATBROTHERHOOD CEREMONIAL TEAM (speaking
parts)
YELLOW FLATCEREMONIAL TEAM (non
speaking parts:runners, drummers,torch bearers,keeper of sacred
bundles) TURQUOISE TURTLEIndian/Mountain man outfit(1 per ceremony,
max 2 per wkend) CLEAR ROUNDELANGOMAT- (Y & A) RED SQUARE W/STRIPEELANGOMAT that gets 50% of his clan to
brotherhood
SERVICE
WEEKENDS BEADS:
GREEN
ROUNDFELLOWSHIP WEEKEND (FEB) GREEN CYLINDERTRADE 5 Green Rounds for 1 set
YELLOW BARRELOPEN CAMP SERVICE WEEKEND (MAY) YELLOW CYLINDERTRADE 5 Yellow Barrels for 1 set FIRE RED BARRELCLOSE CAMP SERVICE WEEKEND (AUG) FIRE RED CYLINDERTRADE 5 Fire Red Barrels for 1 set
LIGHT BLUE FLATVIGIL WEEKEND (JAN) LIGHT BLUE ROUNDTRADE 5 sets light blue flat for 1 set RED CYLINDERORDEAL MASTER (PERSON IN CHARGE OF WKEND) RED FLATTASKMASTER (1 SET PER WKEND, Y & A) BLUE CYLINDERWORK 1ST DAY AT AIR SHOW BLUE BARRELWORK 2ND DAY AT AIR SHOW(work
both
days get both sets) FIRE RED/ORANGE ROUNDCOOKS FOR SERVICE WEEKENDS FIRE RED/ORANGE FLATWORK DISTRICT PINEWOOD DERBY BLUE ROUNDWORK DISTRICT PUSHMOBILE WHITE ROUNDANNUAL POW WOW
MEMBERSHIP/MISCELLANEOUS
BEADS:
RED
ROUND1 YEAR IN OA (dues must be up to date) RED SQUARETRADE 5 Red Rounds for 1 set to reflect 5 yrs
in OA PINK FLAT W/WHITE SWIRLNON OA GUESTS
ORANGE FLATMEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT -recruit anyone to any
scouting program
BROWN FLATCAMP STAFF-work any long term camp
YELLOW ROUND1 LONG TERM CAMP (winter camp, summer camp,
Jamboree) YELLOW SQUARETRADE 5 sets of Yellow Round for 1 set
WHITE CLYINDARINDIAN DANCE TEAM WOOD ROUNDATTENDED A NOAC EVENT ORANGE CLYINDERATTENDED A CONCLAVE BROWN ROUNDATTENDED ANNUAL BANQUET
OPEN FOR PURPOSE
FIRE
RED/ORANGE SQUARE
GREEN
BARRELS
Old
Tatanka Lodge Bead List
Black
Round - Eagle Scout (Only one set per Eagle Scout
Arrowman)
Black Flat
- Tap-Out Team (Speaking Parts ONLY)
Blue Flat -
Vigil Weekend
Blue Round
- Lodge Secretary and Treasurer
Blue
Cylinder - Lodge Vice Chief
Blue Square
- Lodge Chief
Brown Round
- 5 O.A. Banquets (Trade 5 purple cylinders)
Brown Flat
- Camp Staff
Clear Flat
- Presented to Elangomat upon 50% of his clan
completing Brotherhood.
Gold Square
- Founder's Award
Green
Square - Chapter Chief
Green
Cylinder - Chapter Vice Chief
Green Round
- Chapter Secretary
Green Flat
- Brotherhood Ceremonial Team (Speaking Parts ONLY)
Orange
Square w/ white stripe - Chapter Assistant Adviser
Orange
Square - Chapter Adviser
Orange
Round - Committee Chairman
Orange
Cylinder - Section Conclave
Orange Flat
- Membership Recruitment (SINGLE)
Pink Flat -
Elangomat
Purple
Cylinder w/ white stripe - Lodge Assistant Adviser
Purple
Square - 5 Fellowship Weekends (Trade 5 yellow
cylinders for set).
Purple
Square w/ white stripe - Lodge Adviser
Purple Flat
- Pre-Ordeal Ceremonial Team (Speaking Parts ONLY)
Purple
Cylinder - Annual Banquet
Purple
Round - Special Service (Only one set per
Arrowman)
Red Square
- 5 Years in the Order of the Arrow (Trade 5 red
rounds for set)
Red Flat -
Taskmaster
Red Round -
1 Year in the Order of the Arrow
Red
Cylinder - Ordeal Master
Tan Flat -
Unit Election Team
Tan Round -
Chapter Participation
White
Cylinder - Indian Dance Team
White Flat
- Ordeal Ceremonial Team (Speaking Parts ONLY)
White Round
- Annual Pow Wow
Wood Round
- Member of an official delegation to National Order
of the Arrow Event
Yellow
Round - 1 Long Term Camp (Summer Camp / Winter Camp,
one set per year)
Yellow
Cylinder - Fellowship Weekend.
Yellow Flat
- Ceremonial Service
Yellow
Square - 5 Long Terms Camps (Trade 5 yellow rounds
for set)
Information
on the lodge bead program was taken from theTatanka
Lodge Directory
Section Conclaves
Tatanka Lodge has served as hosts
for several conclaves in the Council). The last was
the SC-4 at the Circle 6 Retreat north
of Stanton/Big Spring in the late
80's. There was also another conclave hosted
back in the early 80's at Odessa College. A Section
Conclave was held at Tarleton State University in
April 1990 with Tatanka Lodge serving as host.
Michael Ellsworth from Odessa, and a
student at Texas A&M, has been selected as the
Section Chief of SR2-3S for 2011. This was done
since the former section Chief, Jonathan Hillis,
had been selected National Chief of the OA.
Michael Ellsworth served as lodge chief 205-2007
and is a Vigil member of the lodge.
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Lodge Chiefs
The records of the lodge were destroyed in
a flood at Scout camp in 1976 so there are no
listing of lodge chiefs prior to 1950 at this time.
1950-1951 - Jimmy Johnson
1951-1952
- Charles O' Quinn, Jr.
1952-1953
- Robert Angel
1953-1954
- Glen House
1954-1955
- Jimmie Lowther
1955-1956
- Johnny Fuglaar
1956-1957
- Frank Tate, Jr.
1957-1958
- Johnny Hollingsworth
1958-1959
- Johnny Hollingsworth
1959-1960
- Dwayne Cochran
1960-1961
- Dwayne Cochran
1961-1962
- Stanley Martin
1962-1963
- Terry Martin
1963-1964
- Terry Martin
1964-1965
- Warren Wallace, III
1965-1966
- Ross Moore
1966-1967
- Steve Napper
1967-1968
- Steve Napper
1968-1969
- Doug Lunsford
1969-1970
- Marshall Horn
1970-1971
- Bill Britt
1971-1972
- Lance Crenshaw
1972-1973
- Dennis Anderegg
1973-1974
- MarkReynolds
1974-1975
- Rick Schmidt
1975-1976
- Joey Lemley
1976-1977
- Ric Warren
1977-1978
- Edward Phillips
1978-1979
- Otis Medley
1979-1980
- Edward Lamber, Jr.
1980-1981 - Mark Galvan
1981-1982
- Ed Leps
1982-1983
- John Gillian
1983-1984 - David Harwell
1984-1985
- Mike Wagoner
1985-1986
- Hershell Cavin
1986-1987
- Scott Thompson
1987-1988
- Tony Lucas
1988-1989
- Tony Lucas
1989-1990
- Rusty Thompson
1990-1991
- Paul Benevidez
1991-1992
- Colin Woodall
1992-1993
- Chris Tipton
1993-1994
- Scott Horton
1994-1995
- Fred Morris, III
1995-1996
- Fred Morris, III
1996-1997
- Matt Woodall
1997-1998
- Nicholas Cook
1998-1999
- Eric Harding
1999-2000
- Kevin Morris
2000-2001
- Wesley Stephens
2001-2002
- Kevin Morris
2002-2003
- Scott Downing
2003-2004
- Josh Gregg
2004-2005
- Josh Gregg
2005-2006
- Michael Ellsworth
2006-2007
- Michael Ellsworth
2007-2008
- Corey Houston
2008-2009
- Corey Houston
2009-2011
- Bruce Armstrong
2017 - Zachary Hamby
2018-2019 – Avery Vega
2019 - (8 months) David Tidwell
2019 - 2020 Avery Vega
2021-2022 - Jacob
Reichardt
2023 -
2024
Information
on Lodge Chiefs was taken from the Tatanka Lodge
Directory .
Lodge Advisers
1955-1956 - Advisers are unknown
prior to 1956
1956-1959
- Al Leeper
1959-1961
- Roger D. Hoestenbach
1961-1965
- Harold Wilson
1965-1966
- Warren Wallace, III
1966-1973
- Warren Wallace, Jr.
1973-1974
- M. Hanson
1974-1976
- Pinky Robertson
1976-1978
- Raymond Nicholas
1978-1980
- Dr. Bob "Doc" Shaw
1980-1982
-Sam Mannering
1982-1984
- Bill Waddell
1984-1986
- Dub Watley
1986-1988 - Jim Adams
1988-1989 - Joe Cavin
1989-1990
- Mark Russell
1990-1992
- Frank Woodall
1992-1994
- David Pearce
1994-1996
- Ron Wingo
1996-1998
- Carl Poitevint
1998-2000
- Ralph Harding
2000-2002
- Steve Dennis
2002-2004 -
William J. Morris
2004-2006 - Don
Orren
2006-2009 - Chip
Chapman
2009-2010 - Ralph
McCain
2015-2018 -
Robert Orona
2018-2020 – Emilie Bates
2021-2022 - Adam Reichardt
2024-2025 - Robert
Orona
Information
on Lodge Advisers was taken from the Tatanka
Lodge Directory .
Vigil Honor
Members
“The Vigil
Honor is a high mark of distinction and recognition
reserved for those Arrowmen who, by reason of
exceptional service, personal effort, and unselfish
interest have made distinguished contributions beyond
the immediate responsibilities of their position or
office in the Lodge, the Order of the Arrow or
Scouting.”
1952 -
Vigils are unknown prior to 1953.
1953 -
Billy Reagan
1954 - None
1955 -
Robert N. Eastus Jr., Alley Hedrick, Stuart G.
Painter
1956 -
Jimmy Stephen
1957 -
Raymond Fletcher, Johnny Fuglaar, G.N. Hughes, Lloyd
L. Longley Jr., Monty Stokes
1958 -
Arlen Bryant, E.L. Harvill Sr., E.L. Harvill Jr.,
Robert Bruce Herring, Roger Hoestenback, Johnny
Hollingsworth, Alan Leeper, Kenneth A. Schloemer
Jr., Frank Tate Jr.
1959 - Joe
Bohannon, K. D. Bryan, Dwayne Cochran, A.C. Doyal,
J. Arthur Hawkinson, Gary Hendrick, Leo Lee, Charlie
Leeper, William T. McRee, Ross Reagan, James
Stevens, William Kirt von Osinski
1960 -
Jerry Balkam, Terry Balkam, Larry Cochran, Steve
Donaldson, Leroy R. Hackler, Harold Wilson, Tom
Wright
1961 -
William Jack Bawcom, Carl Lee Brasuell, Gary Corbin,
Samuel I. Grant, Stanley Martin, Billy R. Miller,
Marvin Stokes, Harold D. Wilson Jr. Raymond Tyra,
Jimmy D. Wester
1962 - Don
Alexander, Mike Bishop*, John Fanning, Pat A.Farris,
R.E. "Dutch" Lunsford*, Garland Tiner Jr., John
Underwood, William W . Wallace Jr., William “Warren”
Wallace III, Frank N. Ward, R.T. Wilson
1963 - E.
Don Campbell, Keith Campbell, O.R. Cockerell*, James
Dublin, George Ellenger, Terry Martin, John Oden,
Jeff Wallace
1964 -
David Akers, Butch Lunsford*, Ross Moore, Bill
Sanders, Tom Smith*, Eugene Stoves, George Stowe,
W.B. Stowe*
1965 -
David Akers, B ill Alexander, Mark King Craig, Leon
S. Ditzell Jr., James Dublin IV, John R. Gee, John
Holt, Larry Mast, Edward Allen Mueller, John Timothy
Wallace, Michael E. Williams
1966 - A.
Eugene Ashley*, James W . Ashley, Raymond W. Baker,
Robert C. Bone*, Kenneth Brame, Gene Corden, Raymond
Holt, Samuel “Wade” Howell Sr., Richard Thomas
Johnson, Father Raymond Klumbis, Eric L.Michaleson,
Stepehn Moore, Steve Napper, Alvon E.Patterson*,
John Lee W alker
1967 -
William M. Bosworth, George Burns, Franklin
Castleberry, Doug Lunsford, Roy Mast, John Pearcy,
George L. Prothro*, Jimmy Spradley
1968 -
Martin Bosworth, Ronald Corbin, Lee A. Criswell*,
Wayne Criswell, Wayne Grable*, Rice W. Harrington,
Glenn Harrison, Marshall Horn, Sammy Jones, Tim
Patterson, Nord Sailors*, William Tevington, Gilbert
O. Tiemann, John R. Tiemann
1969 - Bill
Britt, Curtis Burns*, Larry Burns, Ariba Childress,
Dick T. Clardy Jr., Clyde Chynoweth, John Chynoweth,
Bobby Clayton, C.H. “Creny” Crenshaw, Jack Davis,
Jerry Dillard, Harold Ervins, Gary Jones, Forest H.
Muire Jr., Dan Peterson, Louis “Pinky” Robertson,
Larry Sailors, Mark Steward, Henry Tiem ann, Dub
Watley*
1970 - Ray
Andergregg*, Randall W. Black, W aymon Childress,
Lance Crenshaw, D.W. “Dub” Day, David “Austin”
Ferguson*, Dr. Marvin Grice, Bernold “Morris”
Hanson, Richard Hungerford Sr., Allen McCain, Darren
Owens, Robert Monroe Simmons, Ray L. Swinford
1971 -
Dennis Andergregg, Robert Bagley, Kevin Belknap,
Curtis Brothers, Kirby Bryn, William Cleere, James
Compton, Jack Day, Harod Ervin Jr., Gene Gibbens,
Gary Gillihan, Tim Harrison, Richard Hungerford Jr.,
Carl Johansen, Wyett Lipscomb, Sam E. Mannering,
James McCain, John “Buddy” O’Neal*, Harry A. Palmer,
Harry E. Palmer, Cyril “Cy” Perusek*, Rex Reynolds,
Thomas Savage, Tommy Simmons, Edmund Truex, Ray
Ward, John White Jr.
1972 -
Vernon Allman, Mark Anderegg, Michael R. Barlow,
Greg Bass, Bruce Belknap, Lamar Casparis, Dennis
Day, O.B. Draper, Eric Hanson, Billy Hopkins, F.L.
Martin, Wayne McBee*, Leland McCain, Dewayne
McGuirre, George L. Morris, John Muire, Dennis
Neely, Mark Nichols, David Presley, Mark Reynolds,
John Slavik, John Stickles, Jerry Tochterman,
Christopher D. Truex, John A. White III, Eddie Young
1973 - Tony
Anderegg, Jon K. Bagnall, A.L. Casparis, John Ellen,
Preston Grissom, Marvin E. Harges, Boyd W. Hughes,
Bill Mason*, Bueford R. McGuire, Edmund L. Mulkey,
Richard Newbold, Paul Newton, Raymond Nicholas,
Randy Sperry, John Stickels, Edgar N. Teutsch Jr.,
Bryan Wheeler, John White, Edward D. Young
1974 -
There were no inductions during the 1974 calendar
year because the Vigil Ceremony was moved from the
fall of the year to the first weekend after New
Year’s Day. Therefore, each Vigil Class starting
with 1975 was selected in the previous year, but
performed their Vigil during the class year listed.
1975
- James Armstrong, Charles Bagley, Colin Belt,
Charles Brown, Richard Crandall, Robert Paul Dowing,
Bryan Hughes, Brian David Jones, Bryce King, John
Mendenhall, Jack Pearce, Sam Savage, Rick Schmidt,
Dr. Billy Shaw, Jeff Spears, Keith D. Van Horn
1976 -
Randy Allman, Don Belt, Danny Burns, Ewell Burns,
John Casimer, Leon Clark Jr., David Libson, David
Newbold, Tom Newbold, Kurt Nicholas, Earl H. Shaw,
Shane Sperry, Craig A. Van Horn, David Vickers
1977 -
Phillip Bagley, Rodney Grable, Joey Lemley, Bryant
Martin, Don Orren, Charles W. Ross*, George Slover,
Rick Warren
1978 - John
Blackman IV, David R. Johnson Sr., David R. Johnson
Jr., Loren Lewis, Edward Phillips
1979 -
Bruce Chadwick, Duawne Donaway, Bill Fidler, Nick
Hahn*, Vern Humphrey, Ed Lambert, George Medley,
Gerald “Rod” Stephenson, Pat Truex, L.B. W eathers
1980 -
Warren Brown Jr., Frank E. Corbin, Cecil Garrett,
Charles Han, O tis Medley, D r. Jerry D. Norton,
Gerald Petty, Shawn W ilkins
1981 -
Philip E. Corbin, Cecil Davis, Duane Ervin, William
H. Foster, Bill Houston, Joel Miller, Dr. David
Norton*, Mike G. Stephenson, W illiam “Bill” Waddell
1982 - John
Fields, Mark Galvan, John T. Gillian, James Hahn,
Lucian M. “Chub” Johnson, Kenneth Lantrip, Stephen
Lewis, Mac Mannering, Steve Roen, Norman Yee
1983 - Jim
W . Adams, Jimmy Charlton, Edward Leps Jr., Jerry
tephens, David Stick els, James Waddell
1984 -
Glenn Cochran, Jeffery Craig, Frank Crawford*, Monty
O’Neal, Phil Rowe, Larry Whiteside, Dick Zimmer
1985 -
Jerry Speight G rimes Jr., David Harwell, Nelson
Mock, Mark A. Russell, Woodrow Wickman
1986 -
Tommy Bizzell, C.A. Blount, Earnest C rawford,
Marvin D. Eastman*, Keefer Fields, David Pearce,
Mike Wagoner
1987 -
Hershell Cavin, Joe Cavin, John Commander, George
Crawford, Charlie Robinson, Brad Self, Mark Smith*
1988 -
Cliff Barnes, Rusty Buckingham, Ron Harkrider Sr.,
Bryan Kemper, Tom O. Maxwell, Steve Smith, Paul
Thompson, Scott Thompson
1989 -
Ernie Davis, Ronnie W. Harkrider Jr., Tony Lucas,
Russell Thompson, Gene Washam
1990 -
James C. Busby, Tommy Smith, Jaime Subia, Jody
Washam
1991 - Paul
Benavidez, Blake Hensley, Chris Pearce, Josh Smith,
Jody Sneed, Colin Woodall, James “Frank” Woodall Jr.
1992 -
Brian Earles, M elvin Hensley, Scott M. Horton,
Samuel W. Howell II, Jerry McNew, Nathan Telck,
Derek W ingo, Ronald Wingo
1993 -
Ottis L. “Bill” Bradford*, Patrick Earles, Bennett
R. Poitevint, Carl R. Poitevint , Al Telck, Chris
Tipton, Adam Wallace
1994 - Leon
Earles, Glen Finley, George Friday, Chris W.
Gilbreath, James “Jim” Harrison, Fred A. Morris III,
John H. Poitevint
1995 -
Gordon Jennings, Matthew Jennings, Dwayne King,
Viswa Subbaraman, Timothy Telck, Charles Wade*
1996 -
Steve A. Dennis, David Harrington, Benjamin A.
Inman, Brian Jennings, Charles E. “Chuck” Smith,
Matthew J. Smith, Peter Telck, Wilson R. Van Loon
1997 -
James E. Caldwell, Eric L. Harding, Daniel F. Houy,
Jeffrey Johnson, Patrick D. Jose, Ralph M. McCain,
Ricky D. Sneed, Jeff Suggs, Matthew Woodall
1998 -
Daniel R. Bergmann, Jerry M. Cook Sr., Nicholas
Cook, Robert Culpepper, Hector Holguin Jr., Robert
Martin, John F. McAhon*, Fred A. Morris Jr.
1999 -
Baine A. Bean Jr.*, Debra A. Bean, Jay M. Callaway,
Sheila L. Cook, Joe “Turtle” Garner, Ralph J.
Harding III, Daniel Holguin, James “Luke” Jackson,
Sam C. Martin, Kevin Morris
2000 -
Scott M. Downing, Marcus M. Fernandez, Ginger M.
Harding, Charles C. Henry, James “Jim” B. Jackson,
Dr. Randall T. Kelly, Bill M orris, Benjamin Ormsby,
Wesley J. Stephens, Jerred E. Tochterman, Chris M.
Yount
2001 - Matt
T. Bertrand, Benjamin E. Bias, H arris Clanton,
Jerry Cook II, Dusty Culpepper, Gary M. Deutsch,
James A. McPherson, Garrett M. Smith, Genebra Smith,
Kenneth J. Sm ith Jr., Dennis W ilhite, James
Wilhite
2002 - John
D. Balden, Zachary G. Bias, Jonathan D. Carr, Steven
F. H arry, Aaron A. Kerley, John R. Key, Ryan D.
Kraus, Scott McKelvey, Ryan J. Morris, Trevor W .
Morris, William R. Page Jr., Matthew Puckett, Karen
Telck
2003 -
Kristofer Gartenbein, Richard G. Gantenbein, Joshua
Gregg, Kris Gregg, Mark Harding, Mark C.
Hedges, Richard M. Key, Raymond Moseley, Kenneth C.
Orren, John A. Puckett, Spenser T. Smith, Travis S.
Smith, Dan D. Wagoner
2004 -
Barney R. Barnes, Alvey Bass, Bryan Bass, James L.
Bean, Nathan Burns, Roy E. Daniel*, Billey J. De
Busk, Bob L. Harsler, Jr., Michael Prall, David
Richardson, Brandon Templeman, Eunice Thizton
2005
- Clare Andergg, Derek Bass, Chip Chapman,
Matthew Ellsworth, Ralph Foust, Kristian Gregg,
Brandon Hayse, Sonny Heath, Sammy Hunnicutt, Colin
Rust, Ken Rust, Jacob Smith
2006 -
Casey Chapman, James Cooper, Louise Ellsworth,
Michael Ellsworth, Logan Foust, Jared Kraus, Samuel
McBride, Gerald Menasco, Charles Purcell, Jonathan
Purcell, Justin Shanks, Kevin Yancey
2007 -
Robert Anderegg, Bob L. Hensler, Sr., Ryan
Lineberger, Frank McBride, Rick Smith, Brandon
Sweatt, Charles Sweatt, Christopher Thomas
2008 - Kyle
Farmer, Mike Miller, Marcus Perez, Becky Yancey
2011 - Lonnie Yee,
Austin Stafford, Edward Sparks, Sean Jarma, Sam
Hooper, Terry Hooper, Scott Britton, Peggy Washam,
Roquel Lopez, William Houston, Justin Carter, Ira
Campbell
2012 – No record
2013 – Robert Orona, Timothy Linton
2014 – Nicolas
Orona, Paul Lucas, Kevin Acker, Charles Acker
2015 – No Record per National
2016 – Hannah Jennings, Zachary Hamby, Michael
Steelman, Devin Johnson, Matthew Hernandez
2017 – Joshua Yee, Zachary Mullins, Daniel Sneed
2018 - Mike Goodwin, Nathan Kramer
2022 - Donald
McConnell.
2024 - No Vigils
*Deceased
Iinformation
on Vigil Honor is taken from the Tatanka Lodge
Directory .
Founder’s Award
“For
he who serves his fellows, is, of all his fellows,
greatest!”
The Founder’s
Award was created to honor and recognizes those
Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to the
lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who
demonstrates to his fellow Arrowmen that he
memorializes in his everyday life the spirit of
achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman.
1982 - John Gillian, Dr. Bill Shaw
1983
- Jerry Grimes, Dub Watley*
1984
- Phil Rowe, Dr. David Norton*
1985
- David Harwell, Bill Waddell
1986
- Mike Wagoner, Nicky Hahn*
1987
- Hershell Cavin, Bill Alexander
1988
- James Busby, Mark Smith*
1989
- Tony Lucas, Dutch Lunsford*
1990
- Scott Thompson, Paul Thompson
1991
- Colin Woodall, David Pearce
1992
- Bennett Poitevint, Ron Wingo
1993
- Scott Horton, Frank Woodall
1994
- John Poitevint, Chris Pearce
1995 - Fred Morris, III, Carl
Poitevint
1996
- Matt Woodall, Steve Dennis
1997
- Daniel Houy, Chuck Smith
1998
- Daniel Bergmann, Mark Russell
1999
- Eric Harding, Pinky Robertson
2000
- Kevin Morris, Charles Wade*
2001
- Ralph Harding, Wesley Stephens
2002
- Scott M. Downing, William J. Morris
2003
- Mark Harding, John Balden
2004
- Trevor Morris, Ray Mosely
2005
- Josh Greg, Ginger Harding
2006
- Don Orren, Kevin Yancey
2007
- Dr. Randall Kelly, Michael Ellsworth
*Deceased
Information
on the Founder's Award was taken from the Tatanka
Lodge Directory .
James E.
West Award
The James E.
West Award was established by the Boy Scouts of
America to recognize a special financial commitment to
Scouting in the form of a $1,000 donation to the
Council Endowment Fund. The award is named after the
first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of
America. Tatanka Lodge honors these Arrowmen for their
unselfish devotion to the welfare of others through
their special service, special achievement and their
long standing commitment to the Order of the Arrow by
sponsoring a James E. West Award in their name.
2000 - Warren Wallace, III
2001 - Sam
Mannering
2002 - Jim
Harrison
2003 -
Baine Bean*
2004 -
James Busby
2005 -
Dennis Wilhite
2006 - John
Puckett
2007 - Mark
Hedges
2011 - Jeffrey Barrett Armstrong; Linda Barrett
Armstrong; Linda Armstrong McClay; John E. Smith; Peggy
Washam (OA); Rusty Buckingham; Linda C. Vargas; Becky
Yancey; Ralph Foust; David Sweeney; Jesus “Bevo” Lopez;
Frank Dotson
2012 – Jane and R. Ken Williams; Lousie Ellsworth (OA);
John Scott Britton (OA); James McPhearson; Dian Lopez
2013 – Dan Wagoner (OA); Chance Houston (OA); Frank
Stowers
2014 – Randall T. Kelly, MD (OA);
2015 – Byron Welch II; David Chapman; Gary Callerman
(OA)
2016 – Not Available
2017 - Emilie Bates; Ricky Sneed
2018 - Jeff Bates; Perry Huepel
Information
for the James E. West Award was taken from the Tatanka
Lodge Directory and other sources.
We want to
thank Kevin Morris for his help in providing us with
the information for this page and for permission to
use photos from the lodge web site and we want to
thank Kyle Vernon for allowing us to use his story
"The Night We Shot Allowat" and his new story titled
"The Night We Blew Up Allowat." Both true
stories are a must read.
Currently the lodge has 616 Arrowmen and has
been recognized by OA National as an Honor
Lodge. For the past sixty-four years the lodge
has served cheerfully throughout numerous projects at
the Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch, Camp Ed Murphy, and
Hughes Aquatic Base. They have, just in
the last couple of years, finished a project at
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch called the "Great Wall"
which extended the parade ground.
Photo at right is of Warren Wallace
performing the Eagle Dance. The photo is part of
a larger display that is hanging at Buffalo Trail
Scout Ranch. Photo provided courteous of Kevin
Morris, present Lodge Chief of the Tatanka Lodge 141.
