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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According to William D. Murray, who was a charter member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) when it incorporated on February 8, 1910, the first "Troop" to form in Missouri was formed by an Englishman in Sedalia, MO sometime in 1908 or 1909. In his 1937 book "The History of the Boy Scouts of America" he goes on to say that this man had even gone so far as to appoint field representatives in other states as well.
The 1938 National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at Irondale, Missouri.
There are six Boy Scouts of America local councils in Missouri.
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).
The Council operates one camp: Hohn Scout Reservation. Boy Scout and Venturing Camps are offered at Hohn. The camp is available for year round use by Scout units for a variety of activities.
Hohn Scout Reservation is home to a 35 ft (11 m) Climbing Tower, the Great Rivers Council C.O.P.E. program, the Sail Master program (utilizing our fleet of boats, 6 over 21 ft) and the Kit Carson Trail an 8-mile (13 km) trail traveling the boundaries of the camp and the bluffs overlooking the Lake of the Ozarks.
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 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]
Heart of America Council serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas.
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.
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| Location | Springfield, MO | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Scout Executive | Dean Ertel | ||
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| Website http://www.ozarktrailsbsa.org/ |
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Ozark Trails Council is based in Springfield, Missouri, and serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas. Camps in the Ozark Trails Council include:
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.
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
The Ozark Trails Council also includes Wah-Sha-She Lodge 42 of the Order of the Arrow http://wahshashe.org/lodge/index.htm.
Camp Arrowhead is in Marshfield, Missouri located in Southwest Missouri as well as a part of Eastern Kansas.
The camp was started in 1924, and is the oldest continually operating Boy Scout Camp west of the Mississippi River.
Camp Arrowhead offers programs for all Scouts, from first-year Trailblazer 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. In 2001, an honorary organization was started at Camp Arrowhead called the Tribe of Lone Bear to recognize scouts that return to camp each summer.
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.
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]
| Location: | St. Joseph, Missouri |
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| Type: | Boy Scout Summer Camp |
| Built: | 1930 |
| Used: | 1930–present |
| Controlled By: | Boy Scouts of America |
Camp Geiger is a Boy Scout camp on the bluffs above the Missouri River two miles (3 km) northwest of St. Joseph, Missouri in Andrew County, Missouri at used by the Pony Express Council. It is one of the only two scout camps in the United States to use Mic-O-Say rather Order of the Arrow exclusively as its Scout honor society. It was first camp in the United States to offer Project C.O.P.E..
The camp is named for Charles Geiger, a St. Joseph physician, who donated land from his boyhood home in 1930. It replaced Camp Brinton at Agency, Missouri (named for W.E. Brinton who had loaned 30 acres (120,000 m2) for the camp) which had been the Scout council's main summer camp since 1918. Scouting executive H. Roe Bartle founded the Mic-O-Say organization at Camp Brinton in 1925 while serving as head of the Pony Express council. Bartle was to found a Mic-O-Say chapter in Kansas City, Missouri when he was transferred to being head of the Heart of America chapter in Kansas City there in 1929. However the Kansas City chapter also includes Order of the Arrow in its offering at its Camp Naish while having Mic-O-Say exclusively at its other camp—Camp Bartle.[2]
In 1930 Geiger announced the donation and in 1935 it opened with a Dining Hall made of native limestone. In the 1950s, the council bought land higher on the bluffs and further to the north and a "new Camp Geiger" was begun with the bulk of the camp moved to the higher land in 1952. The original swimming pool lower on the bluff was replaced in 1971 with a new pool on top of the bluff.[3]
In the late 1970s the Pony Express Council began Project COPE which is aimed at encouraging teamwork, self confidence, trust, leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem-solving. It was championed by Pony Express Council Executive Parvin Bishop who expanded the program when he became Director of Program at the National Office.[4]
A new Dining Hall and Headquarters/Health Lodge buildings were built in 1992 after land was purchased on the road entering the camp.
Missouri has three Girl Scout councils.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri serves more than 64,000 girls and has 17,000 adult volunteers.
It was formed by merging Girl Scouts of The Becky Thatcher Area and The Girl Scout Council of Greater Saint Louis in 2007.
Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri
Website: http://www.girlscoutsem.org/
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Headquarters: Kansas City, Missouri
Website: http://www.girlscoutsksmo.org/
It was formed by a merger of Northeast Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council, Girl Scouts of Kaw Valley Council (Kansas), and Girl Scouts of the Midland Empire in 2007.
Girl Scouts Missouri Heartland includes 68 counties in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It serves over 21,000 girls and has over 6,000 adult volunteers.
It was formed by a merger of Girl Scouts — Cotton Boll Area Council, Girl Scouts of Dogwood Trails Council, Girl Scouts — Heart of Missouri Council, Girl Scouts of Otahki Council, and Girl Scout Council of The Ozark Area on October 1, 2008.
Headquarters: Springfield, Missouri
Website: http://www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/
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