The lodge made a significant contribution to the national OA program during the 1990's with the creation, development, and stewardship of the OA Trail Crew program at Philmont Scout Ranch. Longtime Philmont staff members Marty Tschetter and Michael Edwards were stewards in their own respetive ways to spearhead this program. Seth Brown served as the youth program chairman and served as a foreman two summers. Their vision is a wonderful tribute to everything positive and 'good' in Scouting as an organization. The three along with a small committee of youth leaders in the Order used their inspirations and positive experiences as youth in the East Carolina Council, that transcended into a far-reaching program nationally. The development and evolution of the program is below.