Out of a clear blue sky late on Saturday, December 19, 1964, a longtime dedicated Scouter, by the name of Gus Sieboldt, who was then a Vice-President of the Ralph Rogers Company, called one of the active Valley Trails District Scouters, whom he had gotten to know through construction on the Indiana University campus, and asked if the Scouts could use some land on the Monroe Reservoir for a campsite. It seems that the Rogers organization was interested in divesting itself of some of its real estate holdings to reduce its tax obligations. The answer was obvious, but the reply to the question was how much the land was being offered, presuming it might be forty or fifty acres, or so. When the reply cane back that it was in excess of 400 acres, the shock of the size and location began to set in. The Council President, H.B. Brooks, and the Council Scout Executive, Robert Paton, were immediately advised, and the mental gymnastics suddenly burst into a maelstrom of visionary pursuits!