Scouting in Missouri

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Scouting in Missouri has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

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[edit] Early history (1910-1950)

The 1938 National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at Irondale, Missouri.

[edit] Recent history (1950-1990)

[edit] Scouting in Missouri today

There are six Boy Scouts of America local councils in Missouri.

[edit] Great Rivers Council

Great Rivers Council (653) is based in Columbia, Missouri and serves Scouts in 33 counties in Mid-Missouri. In 1971 Great Rivers Council merged with Lake of the Ozark Council (314).

[edit] Districts

  • Black Diamond is located in Schuyler, Sullivan, Putnam, Adair, Scotland, Knox, Linn, Macon, and Western Shelby, counties.
  • Boonslick is located in Boone, Cooper and Howard counties
  • Chariton Valley is located in Randolph, Chariton, and Western Monroe counties.
  • Five Rivers is located in Cole, Osage, Gasconade and Maries counties.
  • Grand Prairie is located in Callaway, Audrain and Montgomery counties.
  • Kinderhook is located in Morgan, Moniteau and Camden counties.
  • Mark Twain is located in Pike, Ralls, Lewis, Monroe, Marion and Eastern Shelby counties.
  • Osage Trails is located in Saline, Pettis and Benton counties.

[edit] Camps

The Council operates two camps: Camp Thunderbird and Hohn Scout Reservation. Cub Scout Resident Camps are held at Thunderbird. Boy Scout and Venturing Camps are offered at Hohn. Both camps are available for year round use by Scout units for a variety of activities.

Hohn Scout Reservation is home to a 35ft Climbing Tower, the Great Rivers Council C.O.P.E. program, the Sail Master program (utilizing our fleet of boats, 6 over 21ft) and the Kit Carson Trail an 8-mile trail traveling the boundaries of the camp and the bluffs overlooking the Lake of the Ozarks.

Thunderbird has the Algonquin Trail, a 5km trail that circles the camp and boasts the Mitchell Petroglyph site at Thunderbird cave.

[edit] Order of the Arrow

The council is served by the Nampa Tsi lodge

In 1971 Metab #216 and Po-E-Mo #426 merged. This merger took place after the Great Rivers Council merged with Lake of the Ozark Council. The name Nampa-Tsi translated means "twin lodges."

There have been different designs for the lodge pocket flap. The original design of our lodge flap, by Vigil Honor James Quick, had an Osage (pronounced Oh-Sog-Eh) Indian with a reservation hat, a coup staff, a flaming arrow, a lake and rivers, and two tepees. Some think that the hat was worn by the Osage Indian because they traded with settlers. This was not the case. The hats were taken as coup from pioneer settlers after they had been scalped.

The lodge flap currently contains items from both lodges. The number 216 was taken because it was lower, and the flaming arrow is from Po-E-Mo. The Indian and the coup staff are from Metab. The lake represents the Lake of the Ozarks, and the river represents the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. A single lodge replaced the two, and it has two red stripes around a white lodge, representing the two lodges. The original flap was recreated in 1996 with a silver border and other 25th anniversary distinctions.

There have been many chiefs since 1971, the first was Steve Goeke. Steve continued to serve Scouting and was on the 1985 National Jamboree Staff. Nampa-Tsi Lodge is a member of the former NC-5 Section of the North Central Region. In 1980, John Andrews was Section Chief and Scott Swafford served as Vice Chief. In 1986 Jason Cruse served as Vice Chief, and in 1987 Mark Scheiderer was Secretary for NC-5. The Lodge hosted NC-5 Section Conclaves in 1976 and 1987. With the development of four regions in 1993, we were moved to the Central Region and Section C-6. We were service lodge for the 1997 C-6 Section Conclave at our Camp Thunderbird. We are yet to boast of National Leadership, but we have had many participants attend NOAC, NLS, and OATC.

Nampa-Tsi Lodge promotes camping at both of its summer camps, Hohn and Thunderbird. Hohn Scout Reservation is on the Lake of the Ozarks, and Camp Thunderbird is near Moberly, Missouri. Brotherhood at camp is a great program we have been running for a few years to help our conversion rate. 1997 saw the achievement of Quality Lodge and attainment of a National Service Grant. Year-to-year we have at least 75% of our lodge officers on summer camp staff.

One of our past advisers, Darrell Golden, personally led 24 Philmont Treks of our council contingent. Our contingents to Philmont have given many boys and leaders a great High Adventure experience. Order of the Arrow Trail Crew at Philmont Scout Ranch has been well responded to by our lodge. Five of our lodge's Arrowmen have participated, and one of those has also served on staff for the program.

[edit] Sons of Daniel Boone

The Sons of Daniel Boone was reestablished as a summer camp honor society in 2006 at Hohn Scout Reservation and Camp Thunderbird, following some of the original writings of Daniel Carter Beard. The honor society has been gaining attention from Scouts and Scout troops across the state as well as outside of Missouri: Iowa, Arkansas, Nebraska and New York. Since its inception over 300 Scouts have become members. [1]

[edit] Greater Saint Louis Area Council

The Greater Saint Louis Area Council (312) was formed in 1911 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri. It is the compilation of several former councils that have merged with the council over the years. Currently, the council serves Scouts in the Saint Louis Metro area, southeast Missouri, and southern Illinois. The two southern Illinois districts, Egyptian and Kaskaskia, comprised the former Egyptian Council (1941-1994).

[edit] Districts

[edit] Camps

The Council operates Beaumont Scout Reservation, S-F Scout Ranch, Camp Lewallen, and Camp Pine Ridge.

The council once had a Boy Scout camp, called Irondale Scout Reservation in Irondale, MO. It was opened in 1920 and closed in the fall of 1965. Legend has it that Camp Irondale built the first Olympic sized swimming pool not built for the Olympics. 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. Sadly, a crack formed in the pool in the 1970s(?), and the pool was rendered unusable, and today an 8 to 10-foot-tall (est.) cedar tree growing in the huge crack. Camp Irondale also had a chapel called Inspiration Hall to serve the Scouts' religious needs. It has beautiful red granite walls and a dirt floor bordered with flagstone. A state grant of approximately $30,000 will be needed to fix the Olympic-sized pool. The city of Irondale can't afford to fix it by itself. The Chapel at Irondale has recently been remodeled and rededicated to the city by the Cub Scouts of Pack 697 and Boy Scouts of Troop 697. The camp is now a small subdivision, but many parts of the camp remain. The climbing tower, water towers, two lakes, many cabins, the chapel, a post office building, a small pavilion, the parade grounds and flag pole, the old pool that opened in the 1940s, and the springs that were used as swimming pools. As well as 5-15 old buildings including cabins, and the scoutmasters quarters. The old camp is currently under a very slow renovation. The Camp closed and was replaced by the S-F Scout Ranch in August 1965.[2]

[edit] Order of the Arrow

The council is served by two Order of the Arrow lodges: Shawnee Lodge #51, which serves the greater Saint Louis Metro area, and Anpetu-We #100, which serves southeast Missouri and southern Illinois.

[edit] Heart of America Council

Heart of America Council serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas. This council was formed on July 1, 1974 with the merger of the former Kansas City Area (Kansas City, Missouri) and Kaw (Kansas City, Kansas) Councils. The council runs two camps, Theodore Naish Scout Reservation near Edwardsville, Kansas, the original camp of the Kaw Council, and H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation, located near Iconium, Missouri, which long served the Kansas City Area Council.

http://www.hoac-bsa.org/index.cfm

[edit] Mississippi Valley Council

Main article: Scouting in Illinois

Mississippi Valley Council is headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, and is served by Black Hawk Lodge #67. This council serves Scouts in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.

[edit] Ozark Trails Council

Ozark Trails Council is based in Springfield, Missouri, and serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas. Camps in the Ozark Trails Council include:

  • Camp Arrowhead offers programs for all Scouts, from first-year Baden-Powell to High Adventure. Camp Arrowhead is situated on approximately 650 beautiful wooded acres in the Ozark Mountains near Marshfield in southwest Missouri. The property features a lake, many miles of hiking trails, a stream, caves, a spring, and many examples of native Missouri flora and fauna.

Scouts camping at Camp Arrowhead may enjoy traditional outdoor Scouting activities – backpacking, hiking, fishing, swimming, archery and shooting – as well as more challenging “adventure” and “aquatics” programs. These include: a C.O.P.E. course, mountain biking, rappelling, canoeing, small-boat sailing and snorkeling.

The purpose of Camp Arrowhead is to provide Scouting experiences, which strengthen your troop operation by supporting the efforts of your unit’s leadership – both adult and youth – and by fulfilling the promise of Scouting, in the outdoors.

  • Frank Childress Scout Reservation, located 4 miles (6 km) south of I-44 and west of Diamond, MO on V Highway. FCSR is home to our Cub World Cub Scout Resident Camp. The camp includes a large swimming pool designed specifically for Cubs, dining hall, Pirate Ship, Old West Fort, Gold Mine Indian Village and a stocked trout pond for fishing.

The Camp is also complete with a C.O.P.E. Course for older Scouts and a year-round multipurpose building that can be utilized by Scouts and Scouters for training and fellowship

  • Cow Creek located on beautiful Table Rock Lake just south of Branson, Missouri. Cow Creek is available for unit camping. The property is winterized October 1st through April 15th; during this time utility water will not be available.

The Ozark Trails Council also includes Wah-Sha-She Lodge 42 of the Order of the Arrow http://wahshashe.org/lodge/index.htm

http://www.ozarktrailsbsa.org/

  • Blazing Trails District
  • Frontier District
  • Mo-Kan District
  • Nih-Ka-Ga-Hah District
  • Osage Hills District
  • Pathfinder District
  • River Trails District

[edit] Pony Express Council

The Pony Express Council is based in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and also serves Scouts in Kansas. The Council's summer camp is Camp Geiger, which is one of only two camps in the United States to offer Mic-O-Say rather than Order of the Arrow as the Scout honorary society. In the late 1970s, Pony Express Executive Parvin Bishop started the first Project C.O.P.E. program in the United States at the camp. After Bishop became Director of Program at the National Office, he expanded the program so that it became national.[1]

  • Crossed Arrows District
  • Kansa District
  • Ma-Has-Kah District
  • Otoe District
  • Robidoux District

[edit] Girl Scouting in Missouri

There are nine Girl Scout council offices in Missouri.

Girl Scouts of The Becky Thatcher Area, Incorporated Hannibal, Missouri[2]

Girl Scouts - Cotton Boll Area Council, Inc Dexter, Missouri[3]

Girl Scouts of Dogwood Trails Council, Inc Springfield, Missouri[4]

The Girl Scout Council of Greater Saint Louis Saint Louis, Missouri[5]

Girl Scouts - Heart of Missouri Council, Inc Jefferson City, Missouri[6]

Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri[7]

Midland Empire Girl Scout Council Saint Joseph, Missouri[8]

Girl Scouts of Otahki Council Cape Girardeau, Missouri[9]

Girl Scout Council of The Ozark Area Joplin, Missouri[10]

[edit] See also

Scouting Portal

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.grc-bsa.org/camping/sdb/sdb.html
  2. ^ Irondale Boy Scout Reservation
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