Scouting in Missouri has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day. Missouri BSA Councils

Early history (1910-1950)

According to William D. Murray, a charter member of the Executive Board of the

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(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

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Lodge Meeting was held at

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Boy Scouts of America in Missouri today

There are six BSA local councils in

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Great Rivers Council

Great Rivers Council (653) is based in

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and serves Scouts in 33 counties in Mid-Missouri. In 1971 Great Rivers Council merged with Lake of the Ozarks Council (314).

Districts

*Black Diamond is located in

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, Sullivan, Putnam, Adair,

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, Knox,

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, Macon, and Western Shelby, counties. *Boons lick is located in Boone,

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and

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counties *Five Rivers is located in

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, 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

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, Ralls,

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and Eastern Shelby counties. *Osage Trails is located in

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, Saline, Pettis and Benton counties.

Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation

In addition, the Great Rivers Council has two mobile invention labs. These labs can be hooked onto a truck and taken anywhere in the council. Program_building

The Council operates Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation. Scouts BSA and Venturing Camps are offered at Hon. The camp is available for year-round use by Scout units for a variety of activities. Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation is located on the Lake of the Ozarks Osage Arm at mile marker 44 near Laurie, Missouri. The Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation offers facilities and equipment available for unit use and the Kit Carson Trail, an eight mile long perimeter trail which winds through the hills and along the bluff overlooking the Lake. The Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation is also home to the Sinquefield Invention Lab, Program Building and Welding/Blacksmithing Shop. The Sinquefield Invention Lab and Program Building was opened in May 2017, and is currently the only invention lab in the entire Boy Scouts of America. The Welding/Blacksmithing Shop opened in 2019. The facility has 9 labs: electronics & robotics, 2D design & woodworking, 3D modeling, blacksmithing, print & design, multimedia, leadership, business & ethics, and creativity. The Sinquefield Invention Lab and Program Building is used year-round as a merit-badge workshop, camping facility, and training center. With the addition of the Sinquefield Invention Lab & Program Building, the Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation is currently the only Scouts BSA camp where scouts have access to an invention lab, a COPE/Climbing course, shooting sports, and a full aquatics program

Order of the Arrow

The council is served by the Nampa Tsi lodge. In 1971 Meta #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-Song-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.

Sons of Daniel Boone

Originally, the

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was created by

Daniel Carter Beard Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850 – June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of Ameri ...

to encourage boys to go outdoors for recreation. This organization became the Boy Pioneers of America which merged with similar outdoor groups into the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. In 2006, the Sons of Daniel Boone reemerged as an honor camp society for Scouts and Scouters who have kept returning to Great Rivers Council Summer Camp.

Invention Scouts

Invention Scouts was founded in the Great Rivers Council in 2015 by Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield. It was founded as a Boy Scouts of America alternative to traditional STEM programs, which were too expensive and exclusive. The motto of Invention Scouts is "become an inventor and entrepreneur for life". The program is coeducational and is available to boys and girls aged 11–21. Scouts are exposed to cutting-edge equipment such as laser engravers, 3D printers, and CNC routers among others. Invention Scouts has its own ranks: Invention Scouts, Apprentice, Journeyman, & Master.

Greater Saint Louis Area Council

Heart of America Council

Heart of America Council has its headquarters in

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, and serves Scouts in both Missouri and Kansas. The Council has two sponsored camps, H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation and Theodore Naish Scout Reservation. Bartle offers Mic-O-Say as an honor society, and Naish is home to the

Tamegonit Lodge 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. History The Heart of America ...

of the

Mississippi Valley Council

Mississippi Valley Council is headquartered in

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, and is served by Black Hawk Lodge #67. This council serves Scouts in Illinois, Missouri and

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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 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. *Cow Creek located on Table Rock Lake just south of Branson, Missouri. Cow Creek is available for unit camping. The property is winterized October 1 through April 15; during this time utility water will not be available. *Blazing Trails District *Frontier District *Mo-Kan District *Nih-Ka-Ga-Hah District *Osage Hills District *Pathfinder District *River Trails District

Camp Arrowhead

Camp Arrowhead is in

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located in Southwest

. The camp was started in 1924, and is the oldest continually operating Scouts BSA Camp west of the

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. 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

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near Marshfield in southwest Missouri. The property features a lake, many miles of

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trails, a stream, caves, a spring, and many examples of native Missouri flora and fauna. The camp was likely named for the county's Native American relics. Scouts camping at Camp Arrowhead may enjoy traditional outdoor Scouting activities –

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, hiking,

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and

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– as well as more challenging “adventure” and “aquatics” programs. These include: a C.O.P.E. course,

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, small-boat sailing and

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Order of the Arrow

The council is served by Wah-Sha-She Lodge #42 since 1995. Wah-Sha-She was formed from the merger of Osage Lodge #42 and Ni-Ka-Ga-Hah Lodge #91. Lodge #42 has had a strong presence in the Section, Region, and National level. It has hosted several conclaves at Camp Arrowhead and been home to many section officers. Wah-She-She has participated in every NOAC since its formation and has sponsored several teams in dance, ceremony, and other competitions. At the 2015 NOAC, Wah-Sha-She Lodge took 1st in the basketball competition.

Pony Express Council

The Pony Express Council is based in

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, and also serves Scouts in

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. 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. *Crossed Arrows District *Kanza District *Ma-Has-Kah District *Otoe District *Robidoux District

Camp Geiger

Camp Geiger is a

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camp on the bluffs above the Missouri River two miles (3 km) northwest of

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at used by the Pony Express Council. It is one of the only two scout camps including H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation in the United States to use Mic-O-Say rather than 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

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(named for W.E. Brinton who had loaned for the camp) which had been the Scout council's main summer camp since 1918. Scouting executive

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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

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. 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. 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. A new Dining Hall and Headquarters/Health Lodge buildings were built in 1992 after land was purchased on the road entering the camp.

Girl Scouting in Missouri

Missouri has three Girl Scout councils.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri serves more than 43,000 girls and has over 15,000 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:

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Camps: *Camp Cedarledge is nearly near Pevely, Missouri. Originally an old farm acquired by the Girl Scouts in 1927 and later expanded. *Camp Fiddlecreek is near

Labadie, Missouri Labadie is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately three miles north of Gray Summit. History The community is named after Sylvester L'Abaddie, a hunter who (by some accounts) was ki ...

. *Camp Tuckaho is near

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Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri

Headquarters:

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. It serves about 23,000 girls and has about 8,000 adult volunteers. Camps: *Camp Daisy Hindman, founded in 1929, is in

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near Topeka *Camp Cutteru is near

Junction City, Kansas Junction City is a city in and the county seat of Geary County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 22,932. Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby. History Junction City is so named from its ...

*Camp Timberlake was near

Stilwell, Kansas Stilwell is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The ZIP Code for Stilwell is 66085. History Stilwell had its start when the Missouri Pacific Railroad began to plan t ...

and started in 1959. It was sold after the merger to private owners, although still offers scout camping by reservation with the new owners. *Tongawood Program center is near

Tonganoxie, Kansas Tonganoxie (pronounced ) is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,573. History Tonganoxie was platted in 1866. It was named ...

*Camp Oakledge is near

Warsaw, Missouri Warsaw is a city located in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,127 at the 2010 census. Warsaw is the county seat of Benton County. Adjacent to the Osage River it is heavily tied to two major lakes on the river. The upp ...

. It specializes in aquatic activities and started in 1945. *Camp Prairie Schooner is over near

acquired in 1945. *Winding River Camp is an equestrian camp of over near

Dearborn, Missouri Dearborn is a city in Buchanan County, Missouri, Buchanan and Platte County, Missouri, Platte counties in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 496 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 ce ...

. It started in 1965. *Camp Woodland is near

Albany, Missouri Albany is a city and county seat of Gentry County, Missouri, United States. With an annual growth rate of -0.30%. The population was 1,679 at the 2020 census. History Albany was originally called Athens, and under the latter name was platted in ...

. It became a Girl Scout camp in 1948. *Warrensburg Little House is in

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*Camp ToKaVaCa is in

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Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland

Girl Scouts Missouri Heartland includes 67 counties in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. It serves over 9,000 girls and has over 4,000 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 Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...

Service Centers: *

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cape Girardeau ( , french: Cap-Girardeau ; colloquially referred to as "Cape") is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 39,540. The city is one of two principal citie ...

Dexter, Missouri Dexter is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, founded in 1873. The population was 7,864 at the 2010 census. History Dexter was platted in 1873. Mr. Dex, an early settler, gave the community the name of his horse, Dexter. Dexter ...

Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, is the capital of Missouri, United States. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, ranking as the 15th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the princip ...

Joplin, Missouri Joplin is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, Jasper and Newton County, Missouri, Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. J ...

Camps: *Camp Friendship Fields is north of

Pittsburg, Kansas Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States, located in southeast Kansas near the Missouri state border. It is the most populous city in Crawford County and southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the ci ...

(Crawford County, Kansas) *Camp Latonka is on the shores of

Lake Wappapello Lake Wappapello is a reservoir on the St. Francis River, formed by Wappapello Dam (). Created in 1941, this lake is located south of St. Louis, Missouri. The reservoir lies mostly in Wayne County, but its southernmost reaches (near the dam) ...

Wayne County, Missouri Wayne County is a County (United States), county located in the Ozarks, Ozark foothills in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 10,974. The county seat is Greenville, Missouri, Greenvi ...

*Finbrooke Outdoor Center is near

Rogersville, Missouri Rogersville is a city in Greene and Webster counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population is 3,897 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rogersville was formally known as the "Racco ...

(Christian County)*Green Berry Acres is near the state capital,

(Cole County) *Silver Meadows is near

(Boone County)

Baden-Powell Service Association in Missouri

Missouri is home to the

Baden-Powell Service Association The Outdoor Service Guides (OSG) (formerly known as the Baden-Powell Service Association (BPSA)) is an inclusive, co-ed scouting organization in the United States. It accepts scouts without regard to gender, gender identity, race, sexual orienta ...

's former Chief Commissioner, David Atchley. Atchley, an

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in the

, joined up in 2008, after being asked to leave his local Greater St. Louis Area Council after attempting to create a non-discrimination policy for the Cub Scout pack he was

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for. He started forming youth scouting sections for the BPSA based on other Traditional Scouting groups based in Canada and Great Britain. In 2009, Atchley became

Chief Commissioner A chief commissioner is a commissioner of a high rank, usually in chief of several commissioners or similarly styled officers. Colonial In British India the gubernatorial style was chief commissioner in various (not all) provinces (often after be ...

. Atchley then chartered his own BPSA scout group in 2010 called 10th Daniel Boone (now defunct) in

Washington, Missouri Washington is a city on the south banks of the Missouri River, 50 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri, and the largest in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. The estimated population in July 2021 was 14,916, an increase of 7% since the 2010 ...

. He resigned his position as Chief Commissioner to Susan Pesznecker in August 2015. Currently, the

has just one chartered scout group in Missouri, and that is in the

area. The BPSA is an inclusive, "back to basics" organization that welcomes boys and girls from 5 years of age through adulthood.

66th Confluence

The 66th Confluence scout group was formed in November 2012 following a BPSA Brownsea Training Camp that took place September 14–16, 2012 at Klondike Park in

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. Several of the newly received Rover Squires from that training returned to St. Louis to begin the formation of the scout group, the ordinal "66" coming from the

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highway that once crossed St. Louis, as well as the

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of the

and

s, which is also in St. Louis.

References

External links

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