The Order of the Arrow is founded by Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson at the Treasure Island Camp of the Philadelphia Council, Boy Scouts of America.

G. Kellock Hale, Jr., a Boy Scout from Philadelphia, is elected to Unami Lodge #1. As an active member of the lodge Mr. Hale becomes Scout aid to Dr. E. Urner Goodman, founder of the Order of the Arrow.

The Order of the Arrow becomes an official program experiment of the Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Hale moves to Mount Airy, NC and becomes active with Old Hickory Council. Shortly thereafter he begins a campaign for the establishment of an Order of the Arrow lodge within Old Hickory Council. At the time the Council Executive Committee is not convinced that the Order of the Arrow would be a valuable asset for local Boy Scouts. The only lodge in the entire southeastern region was Tali Taktaki Lodge #70, located in Greensboro, NC.

The Order of the Arrow becomes an approved part of the Scouting program.

With the help of W.E. Vaughn-Lloyd, Old Hickory Council’s Scout Executive, John M. Brown, Council President, and H. Banks Newman, Council Commissioner, G. Kellock Hale convinces the Old Hickory Council Executive Committee of the Order of the Arrow’s usefulness and the committee grants its approval to form a lodge.

A conference is called between the Old Hickory, General Greene, and East Carolina Councils, as well as, Joe Brinton, the Order of the Arrow National Chief. It is this meeting that marked the founding of Wahissa Lodge #118. The first Ordeal was held at Camp Lasater and included charter members of the lodge Horace Vance, H. Banks Newman, Harold Hinshaw, and W. E. Vaughn-Lloyd.

Rev. Douglas L. Rights, pastor of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem and an expert in Indian lore, researches Indian names and chooses the Cherokee word Wahissa, which means Happy Place.

National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) is cancelled due to concerns over World War II. Wahissa had been organizing its first national delegation.

The Order of the Arrow, recognized as the BSA's national brotherhood of honor campers, becomes an official part of the national camping program of the Boy Scouts of America.

Wahissa delegation is unable to attend NOAC due to the polio epidemic; the entire state of North Carolina falls under quarantine.

After almost thirty years of use, Camp Lasater completes its last year as a Boy Scout summer camp.

Raven Knob Park in Surry County is purchased by the Old Hickory Council and renamed the Raven Knob Scout Reservation in recognition of its new use as the Council's permanent training/summer camp. With the help of Wahissa arrowmen and many others, Raven Knob opens as the new official camp of the Old Hickory Council.

Wahissa Lodge hosts the first Area 6-A Fellowship of the Order of the Arrow at Camp Raven Knob.

A new lakefront council ring is used at Camp Raven Knob for Wednesday Night Campfires. This new campfire area is enlarged to become the Order of the Arrow Arena in time for the 1967 Area 6-A Fellowship at Raven Knob. The old Chigger Hollow campfire ring is used for other events until it is abandoned circa 1980.

Wahissa’s Lodge Building is completed at Camp Raven Knob and named the G. Kellock Hale Training Center. Dr. E. Urner Goodman was on hand to dedicate the building to Wahissa’s founder, G. Kellock Hale, Jr.

Wahissa dancers take fourth place in the NOAC Dance Competition.

Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

On the Golden Anniversary of the lodge a joint Fall Fellowship is held with brother lodge Croatan #117. A time capsule was set in the OA Arena at Camp Raven Knob to mark the occasion. The time capsule will be opened in 2013.

Wahissa hosts the largest Conclave in the history of the “Old North State”. The attendance peaked over 1400 people during the course of the weekend event. Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

Wahissa Lodge wins the "Spirit Award" at the Southern Region 7-A Conclave at Camp Bowers near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Wahissa arrowman Jason Kemp is elected Chief of the Southern Region of the Order of the Arrow. He is one of four regional chiefs of Scouting's National Honor Society in the United States.

Wahissa places first in the Group Singing Competition at NOAC.

Wahissa Lodge wins the "Spirit Award" at the Southern Region 7-B Conclave at Camp Bowers near Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Wahissa arrowman Jason Kemp is elected Chief of the Southern Region of the Order of the Arrow. He is one of four regional chiefs of Scouting's National Honor Society in the United States.

Wahissa Lodge wins the "Spirit Award" at the Southern Region 7-B Conclave at Camp Tuscarora near Four Oaks, North Carolina.

Wahissa Lodge wins the "Spirit Award" at the Southern Region 7-B Conclave at Camp Bonner near Blounts Creek, North Carolina.

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