"Western Pennsylvania has a dynamic history and features several early lodges within the Order of the Arrow. It hosted early National Meetings at Camp Twin Echo and featured large, robust and vibrant Area meetings as early as [1940]. The explosive growth of the Order resulted in attendance of over 600 members at the 1953 Area III-B meeting Camp Twin Echo, one of the largest gatherings outside of a National Conference."
Reference: A Guide to Collecting Western Pennsylvania Area Meeting & Section Conclave Memorabilia, by Tom Price and Todd Rogers
- From 1943-48, Western Pennsylvania was covered by Area F. Before then, the Area was called Area E, of which there is little known and with only one known event in 1940.
Area E Wagion 6 Eriez 46 Kuwewanik 57 Anicus 67 8/13/38: Sagamore 130 11/3/38: Ah'Tic 139 9/8/39: Unalachtigo 168 1940-1942 Area E Conferences 1940 host? location? {1941} held? held? {1942} held? held? - By Dec. 1942, Area E was renamed Area F.
Reference: Dingwerth, Frank, and Chris Jensen. Order of the Arrow Conclave Handbook, vol. 1.
- At the 1953 3-B Area Conference at Twin Echo, there were 620 attendees from 16 lodges. Up to that time, it was the largest Area Fellowship Meeting ever to be held-- larger than all but four National Meetings. According to the 1967 Area 3-B Meeting booklet, it was at the 1953 Conference that it was decided to divide the Area into two new areas: the 8 lodges in the Pittsburgh area, and the 8 remaining lodges. A coin toss at the 1953 meeting determined that the first group of lodges would be become the new Area 3-F, and the second group would remain as Area 3-B (Price 3).
Reference: 1953 3-B Area Conference newsletter
Old Area 3-B 
Area 3-B (1954-60)
Eriez 46 Ah'Tic 139 Ho-Squa-Sa-Ga-Dah 251 5/29/1960: Gyantwachia 255
└ 1/1/1954: Chief Cornplanter 255 (nc)after 8/24/1959: Skanondo Inyan 256
└ Deer Rock 256 (nc)Wopsononock 347 Amadahi 441 Packanke 419 Allegewi 455
to Area 3-F by 1954
Wagion 6 Kuwewanik 57 Anicus 67 Sagamore 130 Unalachtigo 168 Chimalus 242 Shingis 497 - description:
Area 3-B (1961-72)
Area 3-B (1973)
to Area 3-F Jun 19738/72: Langundowi 46
├ Eriez 46 ├ Ho-Squa-Sa-Ga-Dah 251 └ Skanondo Inyan 256 Ah'Tic 139 Gyantwachia 255 9/70: Nachamawat 275 ├ Hopocan 275 (from 3-F) ├ Wopsononock 347 └ Amadahi 441 Packanke 419* Allegewi 455 Packanke 419 *The Final III-B Area Meeting held Aug. 17-79, 1973 at Camp Mountain Run. Packanke Lodge 419, despite merging with Unalachtigo 168 in June to form Kuskitannee Lodge 168, Packanke was still in attendance. The event booklet confirms that this was in fact Packanke's final event. Neal Bronder, who was the chairman of the merger committee, explained in an email:
"The attendance at the final 3-B Meeting was about half and half from Packanke and Unalachtigo for a total of around (40). At the election in June all Kuskitannee officers were elected from the old Packanke lodge except the district vice chiefs from Glacier Ridge District and River Valley Districts (you had to live in the district to be elected vice chief of the district). The officers at the 3-B Meeting were from Kuskitannee, but I believe we were registered as Packanke. I think they wanted to be part of the final 3-B Meeting."
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"In some cases due to travel distances, there were two meetings held in a given year, usually two or three weeks apart at a northern or southern camp." (Price 3)
The Sep. 1948 edition of the National Bulletin includes an article on the 1948 meeting held at Camp Twin Echo. While the program booklet and the patch issued for the event call it "Area F," the article specifically refers to it as the "Area III-b Fellowship meeting. This is because this event occurred immediately after the integration into the 12 BSA Regions was announced.
The article describes how the "delegates from Anicus Lodge hurried from the [1948] National Meeting [at Indiana University] directly to Camp Twin Echo of their East Boroughs Council of Wilkinsburg, Pa., to take up their duties as hosts for the Area III-b Fellowship meeting slated for September 4-5-6. This meeting had a registration of 365 Scouts and Scouters from 12 lodges in this area..." All subsequent 3-B events have been numbered from 1948.
Trivia: Camp Twin Echo was also the site of the 1940 National Meeting.
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1948 Area 3-B Conference  Camp Twin Echo, PA Anicus 67 Sep 4-6, 1948 image from eBay patch was ordered before the 12 BSA Region integration |
1949 Area 3-B Conference n/c slide Camp Sequoyah, PA Eriez 46 Aug 26-28, 1949 image courtesy of Todd Rogers |
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| 1950 3-B Conference Camp Mountain Run, PA Ah'Tic 139 Aug 25-27, 1950 image from eBay |
1951 3-B Conference Camp Bucoco, PA Unalachtigo 168 Aug 24-26, 1951 |
1952 3-B Conference Camp Anawanna, PA Chimalus 242 Aug 22-24, 1952 |
1953 3-B Conference Camp Twin Echo, PA Anicus 67 Aug 28-30, 1953 image from eBay |
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| 1954 7th 3-B Conference Camp Mountain Run, PA Ah'Tic 139 Sep 3-5, 1954 |
1955 8th 3-B Conference Camp Sequoyah, PA Eriez 46 Aug 26-28, 1955 |
1956 3-B Conference Camp Agawam, PA Packanke 419 Aug 24-26, 1956 |
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| 1957 3-B Conference Camp Olmsted, PA Gyantwachia 255 Aug 23-25, 1957 image from conclavepatch.patchtrade.com |
1958 11th 3-B Conference Camp Wisawanik, PA Wopsononock 347 Sep 5-7, 1958 |
1958 11th 3-B Conference Camp Wisawanik, PA Wopsononock 347 Sep 5-7, 1958 image from eBay |
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| 1959 3-B Conference Roaring Run SR, PA Amadahi 441 Aug 21-23, 1959 |
1960 13th 3-B Conference Camp Coffman, PA Skanondo Inyan 256 Aug 19-21, 1960 |
1961 3-B Conference Camp Elk Lick, PA Allegewi 455 Aug 25-27, 1961 |
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| 1962 15th 3-B Conference Camp Sequoyah, PA Eriez 46 Aug 24-26, 1962 |
1962 15th 3-B Conference Camp Sequoyah, PA Eriez 46 Aug 24-26, 1962 |
1963 16th 3-B Conference Riverside Park, Greenville, PA Hoh-Squa-Sa-Gah-Da 251 Aug 23-25, 1963 |
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| 1964 17th 3-B Conference Camp Mountain Run, PA Ah'Tic 139 Aug 21-23, 1964 |
1965 3-B Conference Camp Agawam, PA Pachanke 419 Aug 20-22, 1965 |
1965 3-B Conference Camp Agawam, PA Pachanke 419 Aug 20-22, 1965 |
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| 1966 19th 3-B Conference Roaring Run SR, PA Amadahi 441 Aug 19-21, 1966 |
1967 3-B Conference Camp Olmsted, PA Gyantwachia 255 Aug 18-20, 1967 |
1967 3-B Conference Camp Olmsted, PA Gyantwachia 255 Aug 18-20, 1967 image from eBay |
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| 1968 21st 3-B Conference Blair Bedford SR, PA Wopsononock 347 Aug 16-18, 1968 |
1969 3-B Conference Camp Coffman, PA Skanondo Inyan 256 Aug 15-17, 1969 |
1969 3-B Conference Camp Coffman, PA Skanondo Inyan 256 Aug 15-17, 1969 |
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| 1970 23rd 3-B Conference Camp Elk Lick, PA Allegewi 455 Jun 19-21, 1970 |
1971 24th 3-B Conference Camp Sequoyah, PA Eriez 46 Jun 18-20, 1971 |
1972 25th 3-B Conference Custaloga Town SR, PA Hoh-Squa-Sa-Gah-Da 251 Aug 18-20, 1972 |
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| 1973 3-B Conference Camp Mountain Run, PA Ah'Tic 139 Aug 17-19, 1973 image courtesy of Todd Rogers |
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