41-706: Scouting in Kansas 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. The Brewer Scout Cabin in Solomon is on the National Register of Historic Places . Mrs. Fern E. Sears was the organizer of the first Kansas City, Kansas council of Girl Scouts and author of a book on Christian symbols, "Let Me Speak". She trained Girl Scout leaders and established troops in Kansas City, Kansas in 1948 when
82-613: A C.O.P.E. course , mountain biking , rappelling , canoeing , small-boat sailing and snorkeling . 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
123-577: A C.O.P.E. course, mountain biking, rappelling, canoeing, small-boat sailing and snorkeling. Camp Arrowhead is in Marshfield, Missouri located in Southwest Missouri . The camp was started in 1924, and is the oldest continually operating Scouts BSA Camp west of the Mississippi River . Camp Arrowhead offers programs for all Scouts, from first-year Trailblazer to High Adventure. Camp Arrowhead
164-793: A COPE/Climbing course, shooting sports, and a full aquatics program. Started 1960 (based on its 50th-anniversary in 2010), now closed. Located in Randolph County Latitude 39.542258 Longitude -92.3293471 on Lake Thunderbird. The council is served by the Nampa Tsi lodge. In 1971 Meta #216 and Po-E-Mo #426 merged. This merge took place after the Great Rivers Council merged with the Lake of the Ozark Council. The name Nampa-Tsi translated means "twin lodges." There have been different designs for
205-696: A city in 1871. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.85 square miles (2.20 km ), all of it land. The Saline County portion of Solomon is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area . The result of the census of 2010, there were 1,095 people, 433 households, and 295 families living in the city. The population density was 1,288.2 inhabitants per square mile (497.4/km ). There were 465 housing units at an average density of 547.1 per square mile (211.2/km ). The racial makeup of
246-779: A long history, from the 1910s to the present day. According to William D. Murray, 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
287-556: Is a city in Dickinson and Saline counties in the U.S. state of Kansas . As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 993. It is located approximately 6 miles west of Abilene . The first post office at Solomon was established in October, 1860. Solomon was founded in 1866. It was named from its position near the mouth of the Solomon River . Solomon was incorporated as
328-599: 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 camp 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
369-975: Is home to the Tamegonit Lodge of the Order of the Arrow . 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 . 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:
410-508: Is independent of the Santa Fe Trail Council and Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch. They are, however, dedicated to the youth of southwest Kansas and promotion of outdoor education. The organization was chartered in 2006 as a response to a struggling economy and the Santa Fe Trail Council's Board deficit. The lack of the council's ability to secure funds for operating expenses led to SPSA's motivation and primary goal of securing funds separate of
451-736: Is located in Kansas: Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri supports girls in many Kansas counties: Atchison, Anderson, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Marshall, Miami, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Washington and Wyandotte. It was established on August 1, 2007, with a merger of several other councils including Girl Scouts of Kaw Valley Council headquartered in Kansas. See Scouting in Missouri for full information. Headquarters: Kansas City, Missouri Website: http://www.girlscoutsksmo.org Camps in Kansas include: Solomon, Kansas Solomon
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#1733093405773492-537: Is located near Walsenburg, Colorado and borders the Spanish Peaks Wilderness . It is a local council camp of the Santa Fe Trail Council based out of Garden City. The camp gives program geared toward outdoor education such as wilderness backpacking, climbing, and outdoor skills. Spanish Peaks Staff Association (SPSA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting current, former, and honorary staffers of Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch (SPSR). The organization
533-626: 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. The camp was likely named for the county's Native American relics. 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:
574-498: Is used year-round as a merit-badge workshop, camping facility, and training center. 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. 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,
615-785: The Topeka Council took over 39 counties across northern Kansas and became the Jayhawk Area Council . The Jayhawk Area Council operates the 340 acre Falley Scout Reservation , which is divided into Camp Jayhawk (Scouts BSA Summer Camp) and Camp Delaware (Cub Scout Programs). Ozark Trails Council serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas. The Pony Express Council is based in Saint Joseph, Missouri , and also serves Scouts in Kansas. Quivira Council serves youth in south central Kansas, with headquarters in Wichita . Kansa Lodge #198 , Order of
656-671: The Baden-Powell Service Association has just one chartered scout group in Missouri, and that is in the St. Louis, Missouri area. The BPSA is an inclusive, "back to basics" organization that welcomes boys and girls from 5 years of age through adulthood. 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 Augusta, Missouri . Several of
697-868: The Boy Scouts of America , 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 Cubmaster 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 . Atchley then chartered his own BPSA scout group in 2010 called 10th Daniel Boone (now defunct) in Washington, Missouri . He resigned his position as Chief Commissioner to Susan Pesznecker in August 2015. Currently,
738-636: 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 Agency, Missouri (named for W.E. Brinton who had loaned 30 acres (120,000 m ) for
779-569: The Sons of Daniel Boone was created by Daniel Carter Beard 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
820-561: The 2015 NOAC, Wah-Sha-She Lodge took 1st in the basketball competition. 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
861-716: The Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at Irondale, Missouri . There are six BSA 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 Ozarks Council (314). The Council operates Lake of the Ozarks Scout Reservation, also known as Camp Hohn. Scouts BSA and Venturing Camps are offered at Hohn. The camp
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#1733093405773902-627: The Arrow serves local Arrowmen. They currently operate two camps: Camp Kanza (Cub Scouts and Webelos), which provides the name for their Lodge; and Quivira Scout Ranch (Scouts BSA and Venturers), at which they host their largest summer camp program each summer, and offer Black Jack Trail, an introduction to backpacking, twice a year. The Quivira Council website http://www.quivira.org/ has links to each district. Santa Fe Trail Council includes nineteen counties in southwestern Kansas, with headquarters in Garden City . The Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch (SPSR)
943-435: 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
984-608: The Ozarks Scout Reservation is 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
1025-421: The age of 18 living with them, 57.0% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.01. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.5% under
1066-461: The age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 40,469, and the median income for a family was $ 48,203. Males had a median income of $ 34,926 versus $ 19,063 for females. The per capita income for
1107-997: The area qualified for a council, called the Santa Fe Trail council. Mrs. Sears was named first president, and was an honorary life president at the time of her death on August 24, 1959. In 1958 the National Order of the Arrow Conference was held at the University of Kansas . In the 1990s and 2000s, BTK killer, also known as Dennis Rader , was a part of the Cub Scouts. He was a leader. There are seven Boy Scouts of America (BSA) local councils in Kansas . Coronado Area Council serves north central and northwest Kansas, across 32 counties, with headquarters in Salina . Heart of America Council serves Scouts in Missouri and Kansas. In 1928
1148-626: 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
1189-652: 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
1230-618: The city was $ 16,800. About 8.6% of families and 13.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. Solomon Corporation is the largest employer in Solomon. It is the largest rebuilder of oil-filled transformers in the United States. Abilene Machine is located east of Solomon on Old Highway 40. The community is served by Solomon USD 393 public school district. Scouting in Missouri Scouting in Missouri has
1271-555: The city was 96.1% White , 0.3% Native American , 0.2% Asian , 0.9% from other races , and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.1% of the population. There were 433 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.9% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who
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1312-456: The city. The population density was 1,634.8 inhabitants per square mile (631.2/km ). There were 452 housing units at an average density of 689.3 per square mile (266.1/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 98.32% White , 0.19% Native American , 0.09% Asian , 0.93% from other races , and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.15% of the population. There were 416 households, out of which 38.9% had children under
1353-668: The council. There are three Girl Scout councils in Kansas. The Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland serves more than 16,000 girls and nearly 5,000 adult volunteers in 80 counties in Kansas. It was formed by the merger of six councils in 2008: Headquarters: Wichita, Kansas Website: http://www.girlscoutskansasheartland.org Camps: Girl Scouts of Missouri Heartland is mostly based in Missouri but serves girls in southeastern Kansas (Bourbon, Cherokee, and Crawford counties) and northeastern Oklahoma. See Scouting in Missouri for more information. Headquarters: Springfield, Missouri Website: http://www.girlscoutsrscmo.org One of its camps
1394-592: 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. Camp Geiger is a Scouts BSA camp on the bluffs above the Missouri River two miles (3 km) northwest of St. Joseph, Missouri in Andrew County, Missouri at 39°50′07″N 94°52′27″W / 39.835272°N 94.874134°W / 39.835272; -94.874134 used by
1435-482: 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. Originally,
1476-487: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.08. The median age in the city was 36.4 years. 27.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 22.6% were from 45 to 64; and 13.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,072 people, 416 households, and 302 families living in
1517-449: 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 Service Centers: Camps: Missouri is home to the Baden-Powell Service Association 's former Chief Commissioner, David Atchley. Atchley, an Eagle Scout in
1558-457: 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: 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
1599-530: Was formed by like-minded staff alumni committed to the continued support of SPSR and the love of outdoor education for youth. Although the Spanish Peaks Staff Association is not an alumni association the members have all worked with this Scout camp and are dedicated toward outdoor education for youth. The Spanish Peaks Staff Association, although still in their infant stages, has adapted the purposes of: The Spanish Peaks Staff Association (SPSA)
1640-851: 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. Heart of America Council has its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri , 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
1681-405: Was purchased on the road entering the camp. Missouri has three Girl Scout councils. 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: St. Louis, Missouri Camps: Headquarters: Kansas City, Missouri It