Scouts first started camping in the area in 1913, but the Camp Irondale name was adopted in 1920, when land was donated to the Saint Louis Area Council by Clarance Howard.
Scouts first started camping in the area in 1913 when it was known as Grenia Springs. Later it would be called Camp Roosevelt, but the Camp Irondale name was adopted in 1920, when land was donated to the Saint Louis Area Council by Clarance Howard.