H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation

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H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation is a Boy Scouts of America reservation located in 4,200 acres (17 km²) of woodland outside of Osceola, Missouri, and bordering on Truman Lake. It is one of two Scout reservations operated by the Heart of America Council. It is also a mere 1/2 mile away from Iconium, MO.

It was named after former Kansas City, Missouri mayor and Boy Scout council executive H. Roe Bartle. The reservation is divided into three camps named Lone Star (previously Wigwam), Sawmill, and Piercing Arrow (previously Frontier). Bartle is one of two Boy Scout camps to participate in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say, an American Indian based honor society.

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[edit] Songs

Around the campfires at night, many songs are sung. The following are two of the favorite camp songs.

[edit] The Hills of Osceola

The hills of Osceola
are calling me today.
“Come back along the Scouting Trail”,
their voices seem to say.
I dream of woodland valleys,
and pathways that I knew.
And answer, “Osceola, dear,
I’m coming back to you.”

[edit] Tell Me Why

Tell me why the starlit sky.
Tell me why the oak trees high.
Tell me why the sunset hue.
Tell me, Osceola,
Why we all love you.
Because God made the starlit sky.
Because God made the oak trees high.
Because God made the sunset hue.
That’s why, Osceola,
Why we all love you.

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