Hickcox (formerly Frontier) Hall, which burned to the ground on November 1, 2011. The cause of the fire remains under investigation although investigators have said it does not appear suspicious. The dining hall was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The old Pioneer Hall was used as a craft lodge but has since been demolished. Onteora Scout Reservation Onteora Scout Reservation is a Boy Scout camp, owned by the Theodore Roosevelt Council, located in Livingston Manor, New York. The camp consists of and adjoins the Catskill State Forest Preserve in the Catskill Mountains. It was opened in 1955 due to overcrowding in Camp Wauwepex. At its peak in the early 1970s, it was the nation's third-largest Boy Scout camp in terms of attendance (after Philmont and Ten Mile River), accommodating 1200 scouts at a time utilizing two dining halls and three water fronts. Nicknamed "The Land in the Sky", it was closed in 1991 and reopened in 1998 with a completely volunteer staff, and in 2003 opened for a full season with a paid staff. It is the only Boy Scout camp to have been closed, and then reopened. The property on which the reservation is located has a long and rich history, which begins with the Lenni-Lenape Indians. They used the Sun Trail to go from the Hudson River to the Delaware. The Sun Trail ran from Hudson River to the East Branch of the Delaware and was so-called because an Indian or scout could start running at sunup and reach the other end by sundown. Later that same trail was enlarged by John Hunter and in 1815 became known throughout the area as the Hunter Road. Since it was the first road in the area, many traders and farmers made great use of it. In the 1880s, the property became one of the favorite fishing spots of the area and a man named Todd Hammond built a large manor house on the property overlooking the lake and developed the lake and streams for trout fishing. In 1911, the Orchard Lake Club was formed by New York City businessmen who purchased the property to enjoy the trout fishing and beauty of the woods. By the turn of the century, what is now the Al Nassau area of the reservation was then a small town consisting of five houses, a logging camp and a mill for the Resherif Lumber