Sylvania in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Nature Museum ⎯⎯⎯ Paul E. Reinbolt
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Photographed by Craig Doda, December 6, 2024
1. The Nature Museum side of marker
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The Nature Museum, also, Paul E. Reinbolt. ⚜️.
The Nature Museum. The Nature Museum building was erected in 1934 as a Federal Government WPA project and was designed by WPA architect Paul Robinette. The building consisted of a main display room for animal, bird and insect mounts and learning center The numerous displays were very high quality and professional. Another room was used as a laboratory for study purposes and the third room was used as an office and work room for museum camp staff. Nature study was a first class operation at camp and a number of eventual scientists and college professors received their initial nature training at the Camp Miakonda Nature Museum. Among them were Dr. Seymour Van Gundy, Dr. Carl Helms and Dr. Dennis Forsythe. Lou Klewer, Toledo Blade Outdoor Editor, was a mentor and an avid supporter of the nature program at Miakonda. The reptile and mammal pits were also part of the Nature Museum operation as was a screened in building used to display larger animals. When summer camp operations ended at Miakonda in 1972, the museum ceased to operate and the building fell into disrepair. In 1995 the building was renovated into a sleeping cabin as a service project of the Tindeuchen O.A. Lodge. The project took place over a two year period ending in 1997. It was renamed Tindeuchen Cabin in honor of the Order of the Arrow Lodge that saved and renovated the former Nature Museum building.,
Paul E. Reinbolt. Paul Reinbolt spent 31 years as an Eagle Scout. camp director and Scouting professional in our Council. He joined Scouting in Toledo in 1927. He served on Miakonda's summer camp staff from 1945-1948 as Camp Director. Mr. Reinbolt was on the National Staff for volunteer training and was an early Woodbadge participant and proponent nationally. He served as a National Woodbadge Course Director in 1955. He organized the first Toledo Council Woodbadge Course at Camp Miakonda in 1962. He served as our Council Executive for 15 years, from 1959-1974, longer than any other person, until his retirement. He saw the need for a larger summer camp facility in our Council and oversaw the creation and development of Pioneer Scout Reservation in the 1960's. Using long term personal relationships he had developed in the business community in Northwest Ohio, he handpicked and personally recruited the various committee members needed to find a suitable location within a reasonable driving distance from Toledo and raise the funds needed to pay for it. His committee came up with a comprehensive plan to secure the land at the lowest price possible and develop the acreage into a camp. He considered the creation of Pioneer Scout Reservation to be one of the greatest accomplishments of his Scouting career. The Council had an all time high of 19,400 registered members during one year of his administration as Council executive.
The Nature Museum
The Nature Museum building was erected in 1934 as a Federal Government WPA project and was designed by WPA architect Paul Robinette. The building consisted of a main display room for animal, bird and insect mounts and learning center The numerous displays were very high quality and professional. Another room was used as a laboratory for study purposes and the third room was used as an office and work room for museum camp staff. Nature study was a first class operation at camp and a number of eventual scientists and college professors received their initial nature training at the Camp Miakonda Nature Museum. Among them were Dr. Seymour Van Gundy, Dr. Carl Helms and Dr. Dennis Forsythe. Lou Klewer, Toledo Blade Outdoor Editor, was a mentor and an avid supporter of the nature program at Miakonda. The reptile and mammal pits were also part of the Nature Museum operation as was a screened in building used to display larger animals. When summer camp operations ended at Miakonda in 1972, the museum ceased to operate and the building fell into disrepair. In 1995 the building was renovated into a sleeping cabin as a service project of the Tindeuchen O.A. Lodge. The project took place over a two year period ending in 1997. It was renamed Tindeuchen Cabin in honor of the Order of the Arrow Lodge that saved
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and renovated the former Nature Museum building.
Paul E. Reinbolt
Paul Reinbolt spent 31 years as an Eagle Scout. camp director and Scouting professional in our Council. He joined Scouting in Toledo in 1927. He served on Miakonda's summer camp staff from 1945-1948 as Camp Director. Mr. Reinbolt was on the National Staff for volunteer training and was an early Woodbadge participant and proponent nationally. He served as a National Woodbadge Course Director in 1955. He organized the first Toledo Council Woodbadge Course at Camp Miakonda in 1962. He served as our Council Executive for 15 years, from 1959-1974, longer than any other person, until his retirement. He saw the need for a larger summer camp facility in our Council and oversaw the creation and development of Pioneer Scout Reservation in the 1960's. Using long term personal relationships he had developed in the business community in Northwest Ohio, he handpicked and personally recruited the various committee members needed to find a suitable location within a reasonable driving distance from Toledo and raise the funds needed to pay for it. His committee came up with a comprehensive plan to secure the land at the lowest price possible and develop the acreage into a camp. He considered the creation of Pioneer Scout Reservation to be one of the greatest accomplishments of his Scouting career.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 6, 2024
2. Paul E. Reinbolt side of marker
The Council had an all time high of 19,400 registered members during one year of his administration as Council executive.
Location. 41° 41.73′ N, 83° 40.673′ W. Marker is in Sylvania, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is on West Sylvania Avenue 0.3 miles east of North Holland-Sylvania Road, on the right when traveling west. On the grounds of Camp Miakonda, Erie Shores Council, Boy Scouts of America. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5600 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo OH 43623, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 8, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
