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Research
on the Unknown Camps of South Plains Council
By Robert Black Following is information I have found while searching, on the internet, for information primarily on camp Cima del Mundo. Many searches I used, using different combinations of words, resulted in myfinding many articles in area newspapers about Boy Scouts, from different councils and towns, going to summer camps throughout the south plains and New Mexico. I will start with what I’ve been able to find on camp Cima del Mundo. These articles are encrypted on purpose and sometimes difficult to decipher but I think I’ve done a fair job of getting them correct. Some spelling is probably incorrect. I have included articles about groups, other than boy scouts, using the camp. While this may have started out as a camp owned by the Rio Grande Area council, at some point, the Las Vegas chamber of commerce took procession of, and operated it. Las
Vegas Daily Optic (Newspaper)
Date August 11, 1930 American Boy Scouts Open Camp American Boy Scouts open Camp Cima del Mundo in the mountains. A party of several Boy Scout executives and 21 boys left the city Sunday afternoon for Camp Cima del Mundo in the mountains where they will remain during the present week for an outing and instructions in scouting. Accompanying the boys were scout executives Tucker and Caskey and Scoutmaster P. W. Nichols and Arthur Jeffard will remain during the entire outing. Las Vegas Daily Optic
(Newspaper)
Date June 13, 1933 Headquarters for the Rio Grande Council of Boy Scouts have been transferred from Albuquerque to Santa Fe it was announced today. Sixteen New Mexico counties from the council area. Announcement of the changes was made with the moving to Santa Fe by L. S. Ilavkey(sic), area scout executive. Scout officials here also announced the fire which destroyed the scout camp in the Jemez Mountains would not prevent the holding of a camp this summer for Albuquerque and Santa Fe scouts. They also announced the offer of camp Cima del Mundo, 20 miles from Las Vegas, by the Las Vegas chamber of commerce. Las
Vegas Daily Optic (Newspaper)
Date July 26, 1933 Boy Scout Camp Here Offered for One Lost Albuquerque and Santa Fe have the opportunity to use Camp Cima del Mundo. The chamber of commerce offered the use of Camp Cima del Mundo in the Gallinas Canyon to Boy Scouts of Albuquerque and Santa Fe as a substitute for Camp Seligman in the Jemez mountains which was destroyed by fire Monday. ( I found another article on a different site that tells about the Boy Scouts donating Camp Seligman to the Girl Scout Council in Albuquerque a couple of years after this fire. I think they are still using it to this day.) Pampa
Daily News (Newspaper)
Date August 26, 1932 Boy Scouts Happily Engaged in Fun and Work at Camp Cima Del Mundo in Mountain Region Camp Cima Del Mundo, N.M. August 20. Boy Scouts of the Adobe Walls council are certainly having an enjoyable stay up here this week in the mountains. Eighty boys and twelve adult leaders are in camp, with more arriving daily. Scout executive C.A. Clark and the Rev, A.A. Hyde, president of the council, are in charge, assisted by Chris Martin of Pampa, Lieutenant D.F. Walker of Borger, West Point graduate in 1929, is the officer of the day and is a mighty fine fellow. The trip here Monday was uneventful except for some tire trouble. The drivers were complemented on their carefulness. Thousands of feet above the road leading to camp are the mountains wholly covered by trees. The camp is in a level place at the base of Johnson Mesa. The Gallinas River runs in front of the camp. Fishing has been good some days and fair on others. The boys are given time for recreation and hiking, but this encampment has work as a main objective and every boy is expected to advance one degree in rank during his ten days here. The Pampa adult leaders besides Rev. Hyde, Executive Clark and Mr. Martin are John Plank, Harold Beer, J.A. Meek, Harold Holmes, Steve Goodwin, Chris Baer, and Harry E. Hoare. Mr. and Mrs. Hoare are staying at Thunder Bird lodge at the head of the river and near camp. Pampa
Daily News (Newspaper)
Date July, 26, 1933 Plenty of Food to be Served Cafeteria Style at Training Camp of Adobe Walls Council Meals and swimming will feature ten days of thrills at the sixth annual training camp of Adobe Walls council. Food will be served cafeteria style with second helpings for those who clean their plates. This plan will be more economical than the family style used in the past and will make sure that each boy has enough of everything. According to scout officials at Las Vegas, the Adobe Walls council provides more food in greater variety than any other group using the Cima del Mundo facilities. While boy scouts of this council are gathering in New Mexico August 1, other scouts from all over the world will be assembling at Godollo, Hungary for a fifteen day world jamboree. The Cima del Mundo training camp will last from August 1 to 10. Clear, cold water from snow capped mountains flows past the camp through the Gallinas River. Tall firs and aspens surround the camp. Ten days of thrills and training will cost but $10, including food and transportation. Forrest rangers and city and scout officials of Las Vegas are arranging for complete safety and sanitation. A hot springs swimming pool will be used for tests. In addition to the hundreds of tests which will be given, there will be campfire and religious services and a visit to Santa Fe. C. A. Clark, scout executive, and a camping committee headed by Chris B. Martin will be in charge. Pampa
Daily News (Newspaper)
Date July 30, 1933 Boys to Leave on Tuesday for Training Camp If some Pampa Boy Scouts seem to be day dreaming, it’s because they are thinking of their sixth annual training camp which will open at Camp Cima del Mundo neat Las Vegas New Mexico, next Tuesday and last ten days. Plenty of fun and “eats”, with a large portion of directed scout‐craft will give the boys a pleasurable and beneficial session. C.A. Clark, executive, will be in charge of the camp, assisted by Chris B. Martin and the camping committee of the Adobe Walls council. Colorful ceremonies, including campfires and a court of honor will be held. A side trip of much interest will be a visit to old Santa Fe. Mail will be received daily and should be sent to the boy, “Care of Adobe walls Council, Cima del Mundo, Las Vegas N.M. A large silver cup will be awarded the troop winning the most points. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be given the three scouts whose records are the highest. Camp spirit, advancement, leadership, and proficiency in oath and law will be considered. Pampa Scouts will leave here by bus from the high school campus at 5 a.m. Tuesday. They are asked to assemble an hour earlier. Lubbock
Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)
Date June 7, 1934 Botany Expedition Leaves We expect a fair attendance since this is the first school, said Professor Wiley, “but we plan to make this an annual event.” Headed by Dr. Richard A. Studhalter, head of biology department, a botany field expedition leaves Lubbock Friday morning at 7:00 bound for six weeks of study at Camp Cima del Mundo in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Las Vegas, N.M. Canyon
News (Newspaper)
Date August 23, 1934 Boy Scout Troop Visits Museum They had no particular destination in mind, planning only on stopping before the end of the trip in Cima del Mundo, a Boy Scout camp near Las Vegas, New Mexico. Mr. Studer conducted the boys a second time over the museum on Wednesday morning and showed the room where the latest collections have been placed. He accompanied them to Tascosa that afternoon to study some ruins. Their plans to spend the night in the Palo Duro Canyon, they carried their own equipment with them. The boys were very interested in the museum and its relics, especially the discussions of Mr. Studer. Las
Vegas Daily Optic (Newspaper)
Date May 23, 1944 page 2 It should be remembered also a reservation comes to us today for Cima del Mundo from a group of Boy Scouts of America living in Lubbock, Texas. This is the second year we have had the pleasure of entertaining these same boys. They will be here the first week of July. It would be a fine gesture if transportation is available for some local boys to pay the Lubbock Scouts a visit while they are with us. Lubbock
Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)
Date June 4, 1944 Boy Scout Camping Program Postponed Start of the South Plains Boy Scout summer encampment program at Camp Post has been postponed until July 23 because water in Two Draw Lake is too low for swimming and lifesaving instructions according to an announcement Saturday by Alex McDonald, council camping chairman. Hopes are that the lake will be filled before the first encampment. The following schedule of week encampments was announced; July 23‐29, for scouts in Castro, Swisher, Hale, Floyd and Crosby counties; July 30‐August 5, for Gaines, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Dawson, Borden, Cochran and Hockley counties; August 6‐12, for Lubbock, Bailey, Lamb, Dickens, and Motley counties. Hereford
Brand (Newspaper)
Date May 23, 1946 ‐encrypted‐for a weeks camping trip at Cima del Mundo, twenty miles from Las Vegas, the camp is owned and operated by the Las Vegas chamber of commerce. Personal Comments
After doing quite a bit of research on the internet, and
reading many pages of archived newspapers, I am certain the
Camp Cima del Mundo that was located near Las Vegas New
Mexico is the camp Cima del Mundo the patch was made for and
given to Boy Scouts for attending. I am also certain that
South Plains Council never owned the camp. It seems like the
camp was “rented” out, and various councils and
organizations used it and ran it themselves, not unlike Holy
Ghost and Horsethief, which are owned by the forest service.
I believe the South Plains Council, or district that
attended the camp, had the patches made and gave them to the
scouts that attended the camp. There is a Cima Del Mundo
patch at the Denver City scout hut that was donated by
someone before I became involved with the troop in 1989. Idon’t know who donated the patch or when it was donated but it gives credence to it having been issued by the South Plains Council. Also as stated in the Las Vegas Daily Optic, dated May 23, 1944 there were scouts from the council that attended Cima Del Mundo in both 1943 and 1944. There is another article from the Lubbock A J dated May 29, 1955 stating South Plains council troops would attend two weeks of camp at Las Vegas, New Mexico. Other Unknown
Camps of South Plains Council
I came across this information regarding other “unknown camps” credited to the South Plains Council while researching Cima del Mundo. PROBABLE MUSTANG
CAMP PATCH SOURCE
Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)Date February 8, 1942 page 8 Mustang District is mentioned twice, one meeting to be held in Lubbock and one in Levelland. Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper) Date June 13, 1954 The MUSTANG DISTRICT composed of Hockley and Cochran counties scouts, will go to Camp Long in Gallinas Canyon, 16 miles northwest of Las Vegas, N.M., for an encampment June 20‐26. The district also in the South Plains council has 152 Scouts registered for the trip. (Today there is an E.V. Long camp ground located in the Gallinas Canyon. It’s operated by the forest service.) Personal Comments
I’ve found MUSTANG DISTRICT mentioned in articles in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal in the following years: 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953 and 1954. This district is mentioned, in the article above, having camped as a district in a camp located in New Mexico that wasn’t titled as a Boy Scout camp. My “GUESS” is that this district made its own camp patch, naming their district camp as, “Mustang Camp”. So far I don’t have any proof backing up this guess but it seems more likely than anything else I’ve read. SANGRE DE CRISTO CAMP
Summer camping activities for 2,319 boys in the South Plains
council, Boy Scouts of America, area will begin Sunday,
according to Jim Lumas, Lamesa, camping and activities
chairman for the council. The first contingents include 711
Boy Scouts who camp Sunday to June 7 at Tres Ritos and
SANGRE de CHRISTO(sic) in New Mexico, 301 Scouts at Camp
Post, Sunday through June 14; and 102 Scouts at Camp Kiowa,
at Pampa, June‐‐‐‐‐‐‐. The camp at Tres Ritos will be
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ by 35 troops from three districts. These are,
with their scoutmasters or advisors and communities;
Arrowhead District, Troop 1, Sam A. Henry Jr., Troop 4,
Robert G. Rekers; Troop 7, Edward Wuinsey; Troop 9, James
Halsey; Troop 35, Leon Hefner; Troop 91, Raymond Hindman;
Troop 149, Lloyd Stiles; Troop 98, Frank Guess; Troop 6,
Jack R.‐‐‐‐, and Post 159, Haskel G. Taylor, advisor, all of
Lubbock. Longhorn District, Troop12, William Gosdin; Troop
26, D.R. Mouser; Troop 103, Claude Brown; Troop 143, Eldore
W. Bohl; Troop 159, Fred E. Stone; Troop 222, Sam N.
Marshall; Troop 28, George B. Long; and Squadron 148, Donald
G. Buckner, advisor, all of Lubbock. George White District,
Troop 24, J.R. Arnold, Levelland; Troop 101, Raymond C.
Ross, Morton; Troop 109, Willie Zinanni, Levelland; Troop
110, Patrick G. Privett, Pettit; Troop 106, Charles Bowen,
Maple; Troop 129, Roy Brace, Anton; Troop 125, Louis L.
Dunlap, Levelland; Troop 170, William A. Striver, Levelland;
Troop 174, P.C. Caldwell, Anton; Troop 20, Homer Curry,
Muleshoe; and Post 109, P.J. Marcum, advisor, Levelland.
Attending Camp Post will be Troop 22, Joe Spikes, Lamesa;
Troop 150, Bennie Essery, Lubbock; Troop 69, Donald Akin,
Petersburg; Troop 67, P.G. Dyer, Dimmit; Troop 137, Bernie
Finsh; Troop 230, V. Kenneth Grubb, Troop 211, Doyle
Pollard, Troop 23, L.W. Hart Jr., Troop 140, Charles
Stailey, and Troop 130 J.C. Whitefield, all of Lubbock.
Troop 254, Aaron D. Riggs, Brownfield; Troop 105, Pearce J.
Burns, Seminole; Troop 233, Conrad Zavala, Troop 102, Jim
Sinclair, Post 102, Othle Upton, advisor, all of Lubbock;
Troop 99, C.D. Andrews, Lorenzo; Troop 153, Charles Taylor,
Lubbock; Troop 46,‐‐‐‐‐‐, Troop 199, ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐, Troop
33‐‐‐‐‐‐, Troop 132,‐‐‐‐‐‐‐Crosbyton; Troop 192,‐Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Evening Newspaper) Date May 30, 1958 Area Scouts Open Summer Camping Activities Sunday ‐‐‐‐, This is where you can’t read anything else FREE! Miscellaneous Other Articles I Found
Interesting
High aims set for next year. Another increase of
approximately 10% in active boy and adult membership in Boy
Scouting in South Plains council is the objective for 1942,
according to Jack O. Stone, council executive. If the record
is made, and the outlook is bright, it will be an
achievement in keeping with those that have been maintained
without interruption in the council for the last several
years. Present membership 3265. The council now has a total
enrolled membership of all kinds of 3265. The goal for 1942
is 3650. These figures compare with a total of 2117 only
four years ago. The 1942 aim is to increase the number of
Boy Scouts from 1846 to 2000, the number of cubs from 658 to
800, the number of scout leaders from 590 to 650 and the
number of Cub leaders from 171 to 220, the executive
reported. TheLubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper) Date February 8 1942 Rapid Growth Maintained In South Plains Council end of the year is expected to find 95 scout troops in the council instead of the 87 at present, and 40 cub packs instead of the existing 31. “Plan Negro Troops” The new year also will see increased activity on behalf of Negro boys in the council. At present, there are six Negro troops. Three more are planned. The first Negro cub pack is to be organized. Five years ago there was no Negro organization, either of troops or packs. The 1942 plans also include two “Lone Scout Tribes” on rural areas, an increast of 12 to 21 in the number of Explorer Scout patrols, and from 110 to 175 in the number of senior scouts, who are boys 15 years of age or older. “Plan More Camping” The year also is to be one of increased camping activity. During the camping months and especially during the summer, several hundred scouts will make use of the nfacilities at Camp Post, which is one of the model Boy Scout camps in West Teaxs. Others will camp at Camp Mammy Haynes, near Silverton, one of the spots of rugged eauty in North West Texas. Likewise there will be a more pretentious camp at Camp Phil Turn, in Northern New Mexico July 19 to August 1 for South Plains boys who wish to attend. There will be camporees in all districts, troop and pack encampments, and finally the Camporall at Texas Technological College Sept. 25‐26. Lubbock Avalanche Journal
(Newspaper)
Date July 7, 1931 Scouts attend Camp Wehinahpay July 5‐15 Lubbock Avalanche Journal
(Newspaper)
A group of South Plains Council Boy Scouts, in camp one and
a half mile north of Red River, New Mexico, will return to
Lubbock Wednesday afternoon, according to information
received here Saturday, from Lyndon Grant, council employee
in charge. They will break camp Monday to begin their trek
home. They will return by way of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Troop
12 of Lubbock left Saturday for a week’s encampment at Palo
Pinto under supervision of George Hamilton, scoutmaster.
Fifteen scouts and leaders were in the group which will
return Saturday. The troop is sponsored by Sander Sunday
School.Date July 31, 1938 Scout Group To End Camp In New Mexico Monday Lubbock Avalanche Journal
(Newspaper)
Winter Boy Scout camps will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday at both Camp Post and Camp Mammy Haynes, the
headquarters office of the South Plains Council, Boy Scouts
of America, announced Saturday through Alex McDonald,
council camping chairman. Each troop in the council area may
attend the camp of its choice. The council will provide camp
directors at each camp site to assist scoutmasters with
program plans. Field executives Pat Lewis, Jack Johnson and
Frank Atkinson will be at Camp Post, two and a half miles
southwest of Post, Ray Howard, Raymond Lumpfor and W. R.
Postma will be at Camp Mammy Haynes, ten miles north of
Silverton. The winter camps will be troop camps with each
troop bringing its own food, cooking utensils, bedrolls and
supplies.Date December 16, 1948 Scout Troops Plan Winter Meetings Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)
The summer camping season at C.W. Post Memorial Scout Camp
here will open June 5 when Troops from Yellowhouse District
move in for a one week encampment, Frank Runkles, camp
ranger, has announced. The camping season here for Boy
Scouts will be for only five weeks this summer, since three
weeks of camping for troops of the South Plains council are
to be held at San Angelo and two weeks at Las Vegas N.M.Date May 29, 1955 Summer Camp Opens on June 5 Post Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)
Date February 12, 1939 page 41 A New Mexico encampment of 10 days is scheduled from July 20 to 30, total cost per boy to be $15. Lubbock Avalanche Journal
(Newspaper)
Date December 16, 1945 ‐‐‐to attend Winter Short Term camp at Camp Mammy Haynes, located 8 miles east of Silverton. Lubbock Avalanche Journal
(Newspaper)
Date November 9, 1948 Dam built at Camp Haynes 150’ x 110’ thick for swimming and fishing. Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)
Date January 5, 1949 Article talks about a swimming pool being built at Camp Post and electricity being brought in. Lubbock Avalanche Journal
(Newspaper)
Nine troops are scheduled to spend week at site near Post.
Nine Boy Scout troops, including leaders, will leave this
afternoon, from their respective troop headquarters, to
begin Plainsman District summer camp activities at Camp
Post. This will be the third week of camp. The Comanche
Trail District opened camp May 30 to June 5 with troops from
Crosby, Dickins, Kent and Garza counties, and Slaton in
Lubbock county. The Tejas and Quanah Parker districts left
after breakfast Saturday to end their week of camp. The two
districts include Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Gains and Dawson
counties. The second week of camp for Lubbock scouts will
begin June 20 and will run through June 26. It will follow
by Lamb and Bailey counties Yellowhouse District camp June
27‐July 3. The Plainsman District will complete campingDate June 13, 1954 183 Plainsman District Scouts, Leaders Leave For Camp Today activities at Camp Post the week of August 1‐7, for which four troops are already registered. Camp Post has been reserved for Negro Scouts in the South Plains Council for the week of July 25‐31. The week of August 8‐14 is open and reservations have already been made by troops in Tejas, Quanah Parker and Haynes districts. Troops and their leaders leaving today in time to be at Camp Post at 3:30 p.m. are troop 2, sponsored by the First Methodist Church with John Hendon as scoutmaster; troop 102 sponsor__________, scoutmaster; troop 4, sponsored by First Presbyterian Church, D.S. Cunningham, scoutmaster, troop 159, sponsored by the Civitan Club, with Wayne Janson as leader; troops 3 & 9, sponsored by the First Baptist Church, led by J. W. Anderson and James Halsey respectively; troop 31, sponsored by the Forest Heights Methodist Church with Rod MacDougal as scoutmaster; troop 103, sponsored by the Overton Methodist Church with Claude Brown as scoutmaster; and troop 5, sponsored by the First Christian Church with W. A. Hood as scoutmaster. “INDIAN CEREMONIES SET” Highlighting the week of camp will be the Indian ceremonies at 8 p.m. each Friday when the public is invited. Average attendance at the ceremonies has been about 500. ”OUTPOST CAMP SET” Each boy will be given the opportunity to go to the outpost camp one night during his stay at camp. At the outpost camp, the different groups will prepare their own meals over open fires. The cost of the camp is $13 per boy. “INDIAN POW WOW” (Picture Caption) Frank Runkles, camp ranger at Camp Post Memorial Scout Camp, southwest of Post, is briefing two of his assistants before conducting a series of Indian dances in the camps council ring. During the summer Boy Scout camps now under way, Indian Lore is one of the most popular studies by South Plains Scouts. Others in the picture are Gene Young, and Frank Runkles son, Wayne. Both are members of troop 16 of Post. Twenty boys and two leaders from the Lubbock scouts will leave at 5 a.m. June 26 from the scout office for a bus trip to Philmont Scout Ranch N.M., for the National Explorer Camp. At Philmont they will participate in a 10 day backpack Kit Carson Trek. The same trek is scheduled in July for the Tejas and Quantah Parker Scouts and in August for the Comanche Trail District, all of the South Plains Council. The Mustang District, composed of Hockley and Cochran county scouts, will go to Camp Long in Gallinas Canyon, 16 miles northwest of Las Vegas, N.M., for an encampment June 20‐26. The district, also in the South Plains Council, has 152 scouts registered for the trip. Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Newspaper)
Boy Scouts from Haynes and Quanah Parker districts will use
camp Post from July 3‐‐‐‐‐. Camp Sol Mayer which belongs to
Concho Valley Council, with headquarters in San Angelo. Boy
Scouts from South Plains Council will use this camp for two
camping periods, June 20‐25 and July 26 ‐‐‐‐‐. The South
Plains Council held its first aquatic school June 5‐11 at
Buffalo Lake number 3, southeast of Lubbock. Council
officials have announced that if there is sufficient demand
the council will hold a mountain camp July 10‐16 at El Hondo
Recreational Grounds, Tres Ritos N.M. Negro Scouts in the
council will encamp here July 24‐30, and the council’s
Junior Leader Training Course, which is called Green Badge
Camp, will be held on the same dates.Date June 23, 1955 All of the information listed below
about districts came from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal
newspaper. The dates and names came from many of the articles listed above. South Plains Council Districts
1942 Associated Town/CountyCentral Lubbock Tule Tulia, Silverton, Quitaque, Dimmit Northern Plainview Blanco Crosbyton, Floydada Yellowhouse Muleshoe Mustang Morton Comanche Trail Brownfield South Central Seminole Southern Lamesa Llano Slaton, Post, Tahoka, Quanah Parker Seagraves 1944 Dan Beard Blanco 1946 Yellowhouse Plains Mustang 1948 Plainsman Lubbock Blanco Floydada Break Plains Spur, Matador, Anton, Roaring Springs, Dickins Comanche Trail Brownfield Dan Beard Plainview Llano Post Mustang Levelland, Whiteface, Morton, Sundown Quanah Parker Denver City Tejas Lamesa Tule Dimmit, Tulia Yellowhouse Littlefield 1949 Blanco Plainsman Break Plains Quanah Parker Comanche Trail Tejas Dan Beard Tule Llano Yellowhouse Mustang Haynes 1950 Comanche Trail Tule Dan Beard Yellowhouse Llano Haynes Mustang Tejas Plainsman Quanah Parker 1952 Associated Town/County Plainsman Lubbock Caprock Slaton, Southland, Gordon, Wilson, Post Tejas Dawson, Lynn, Terry, Bordon Quanah Parker Gaines, Yoakum Central Plains Castro, Swisher Haynes Brisco, Floyd, Motley, and Turkey Yellowhouse Lamb, Bailey Cotton Boll Shallowater, New Deal Mustang Hockley, Cochran Mackenzie Trail Crosby, Dickins 1953 Comanche Trail Crosby, Dickins, Kent, Garza, (Idalou, Slaton of Lubbock County)Tejas Lynn, Dawson Quanah Parker Yoakum Yellowhouse Lamb, Bailey Mustang Hockley, Cochran Cotton Boll Plainsman 1954 Mustang Plainsman Comanche Trail Tejas Quanah Parker Yellowhouse Haynes 1957 Haynes Longhorn Comanche Trail George White Arrowhead Quanah Parker 1958 Arrowhead Longhorn George White 1971 Longhorn Arrowhead George White Mackenzie Trail Haynes Quanah Parker 1972 Longhorn Haynes Comanche Trail Mackenzie Trail George White Quanah Parker Counties in South Plains Council 1949 Castro, Swisher, Brisco, Hall, Lamb, Baily, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Dickins, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Gaines, Dawson, Bordon Closing Comments
Since I don’t subscribe to the archived newspapers on
the internet, all of the articles I read were encrypted
to different degrees, some more than others. I spent
quite a bit of time deciphering these articles and I
think I did a pretty go job of it. I know there are
several misspelled words in the different articles but
if I couldn’t come up with I thought was a correct word
I just left them as they were written. In many cases the
articles were scrambled up around the page and I had to
try to piece them together, so the arrangements may not
be exactly as they originally appeared. Some phrases are
so encrypted it is impossible to tell what was written.
From what I have read, there was a shortage of summer
camp space in the South Plains Council, and other area
councils, for the number of Boy Scouts enrolled in the
program at the time. It was common for scouts to travel
to other camps in the area even though travel at the
time was an adventure in its self.I found the research very interesting. I will continue to look around the internet to see if I can come up with some more information on the Unknown Camps of South Plains Council. Robert Black |
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