The history of the Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge goes back before there was a national honor camper organization like the Order of the Arrow. Traceable history goes back to the 1930's to the Indian Days Program at Camp Waubeek. The Indian Days Program, held at the end of each session of camp, included a system corresponding to the number of years a camper had attended the camp. The ranks were: Papoose for first year, then Brave, Warrior, Medicine Man, and finally Chief, for the fifth year. To obtain a rank, one had to fulfill certain requirements, and then had the privileges and responsibilities of that rank.

Sometime between 1938 and 1941, the Black Crescent Society (or Tribe Wapsipinicon) was born in the Waubeek Area Council. A group of Scouters, including Camp Director Glen Jablonski and Doctor M.D. Marr, who was elected chairman, became the charter members of the Tribal Council. Drawing on the experiences of several other councils, they decided to pattern the new organization on the Tribe of the Black Diamond, at Camp Gifford in Omaha. Ceremonies were written, and the first Scouts were inducted the same year.

The Order of the Arrow became part of the National Boy Scout program in 1948, and soon many councils were adopting it as part of their camp program. Black Crescent Lodge #467 became part of the Waubeek Area Council, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, in 1951. Golden Tomahawk Lodge #344 became part of the Iowa River Valley Council, headquartered in Iowa City. In 1952 these two councils merged into the Hawkeye Area Council, and in 1953 the lodges merged, and became Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge #467.

From the Black Crescent comes our present lodge totem, the black crescent of the moon, or Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock. Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock translates from the Natick Indian language as "dark slice of the evening sun or moon."

Many changes have occured since then. The lodge has continued to progress and update its programs to meet the needs of its members.

The wooden bead system started in the early 1960's. Pairs of wooden beads were passed out for participating in such things as conclaves, summer camp ceremony parts, and national events. The were no limits to the quantity of beads an Arrowman could receive. Accordingly, some members had totems that wrapped several times around their neck, and went to their waist. Unfinished beads were purchased and then hand died to get different colors. By the late 1960's, unfinished beads were becoming hard to get, and the ultra long totems seem to have lost their meaning. In the early 1970's the current duty system was introduced.

From 1958 until 1970, the lodge ceremony ring was located on a hill behind the old rifle range in Camp Waubeek. In 1970, the Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge started using Dancing Quail Ceremony Ring. The old ceremony ring continued to be used, most of the time, for Pre-Ordeal ceremonies until the mid-1980's. The ring is still there, and parts of it stand like ghosts from the past.

Wanting to improve on the ground level rock fire circle in Dancing Quail Ceremony Ring, Wauhawk Chapter obtained stones from the Stone City Quarry, and built the triangle-shaped fire alter. Membership continued to increase, so Dancing Quail Ceremony Ring was enlarged by Wapsiketa Chapter. To light the path to Dancing Quail, torch pots on posts were installed by the Wapsiketa Chapter.

Wapsi Boulder Trail is the official lodge trail. It starts at the lagoon end of the lower meadow, meanders along between steep cliffs and the Wapsipinicon River to Dancing Quail Ceremony Ring. It was conceived by Wapsiketa Chapter in 1982, started by the chapter in the fall of 1982, and completed in 1990. The first Ordeal and Brotherhood candidates used it at the 1985 Fall Conclave. It received its name when two boulders fell from the cliffs above, during the winters of 1984 and 1985, and planted themselves in the middle of the trail. These boulders stand as prominent landmarks along the trail. Wapsi Boulder Trail is maintained by Wapsiketa Chapter. Currently Wapsi Boulder Trail is not being used due to extreme erosion alongside the river.

About 1984, Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge hosted the NC-4 Section Conclave at Camp Waubeek. About 250 Arrowmen attended. All nine lodges in the section were represented. We set up summer camp type tents for everyone who wanted them, and had a large Army tent set up near the dining hall for Indian Lore and costuming. Unfortunately, it rained most of the weekend, but excellent food made up for it. The rededication ceremony was held in the Waubeek Dining Hall.

In 1987, Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock lodge built a lodge house in Camp Wakonda. This building is a multipurpose "A" frame buidling that serves as administrative headquarters and OA Trading Post during summer camp and conclaves. It has sleeping accommodations, and is the OA Coordinator's home during summer camp. Many Arrowmen donated time and money to make this lodge house possible. In the early 1990's, the Lodge House addition was added to double the size, and included a meeting room, a separate bedroom and changing room to the existing structure.

In September of 1992, Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge hosted the Section NC-4 Conclave at Camp Wakonda. Many months of detailed planning brought 350 Arrowmen from seven of the nine lodges in the section. Lodges represented were Golden Sun, Kit-Ke-Hak-O-Kut, Miniconju, Mitigwa, Sac-N-Fox, Timmeu and Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock. Not in attendance were Three Arrows and We-U-Shi lodges. The weather was perfect, there were many excellent activities, and the food was great. Large army tents were erected to house all the out-of-council lodges. This was the last NC-4 Conclave.

In 1993, the Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock joined Section C-7. In 1997, after the Central Region re-alignment, the lodge joined the other sixteen lodges of Section C-3. In 1998, after a decision of the Council of Chiefs, C-3 split and Lodge #467 joined C-3B. The Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge is looking forward to hosting the 2002 C-3B Conclave and celebrating it's 50th Anniversary.

In October of 1997, several buildings in Camp Waubeek were vandalized, and a fire was set in Hanford Lodge. Smoke and fire damage ruined numerous priceless artifacts and memorabilia of the Hawkeye Area Council and the Howard H. Cherry Scout Reservation.

In December of 1999, the Cho-Gun-Mun-A-Nock Lodge was chosen by the National OA Committee to receive a $4,000 matching service grant in the year 2000, to go toward the restoration of the Hanford Lodge in Camp Waubeek.