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| Houston |
Troop 3 -First organized in
1914 at the Longfellow School, with S.T. Hogan as
scoutmaster.
Started tradition of giving large tent
and engraved loving cup to the winning troop at
Field Day. Lost charter in 1924;
combined with Troop 8 for a time. After
first re-organization, Troop 3 met at the Third
Presbyterian Church, with John McCoy as scoutmaster. Their
charter expired in January 1942. Second re-organization
occurred in December 1942 at the Baptist Temple
Church.
Then dropped in December 1946. Third
re-organization in January 1950 by a Group of
Citizens.
Troop 3 finally expired in 1951, when
it was sponsored by South Houston Rotary Club.
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| Houston |
Troop
9 - First organized in 1914 and met at Harvard
School. This
Houston Heights troop won the second relay races in
1917. Later
sponsored by the Collins Memorial Methodist Church. Troop 9
was dropped in 1987.
During its tenure, it was the oldest
continuously chartered troop in Houston. Information was obtained from Jack Linn's SHAC History titled "In the Beginning: The First Scout Troops in Houston." |
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Troop 8 - First organized in
1914, with R.R. Adcock as scoutmaster. Met
at the Hudson Furniture Company, 711 Travis. J.L.
McReynolds became scoutmaster a few years later. Met
at the Taylor School, Sherman School, and the
American Legion Hall. Known
as “The Sharks.” Troop 8 was re-organized
after H. H. Barber left the troop. Barber
was scoutmaster in June 1929, so the troop must have
re-organized after that time. Since its re-organization ,
Troop 8 has been sponsored by The First Methodist
Church, the West End Methodist Church, Irvington
Park Baptist Church, Park Temple Baptist, Moody Park
Civic Club and the First Baptist Church in Sheldon.
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Troop 10 - First
organized in 1914 at the Rusk School. Known as
“The Sycamores.”
Later met at the South End Junior High
School. Lost
its charter for a time and was re-organized in
1931 at the Trinity Episcopal Church. As of
1964, the troop was still sponsored by the Trinity
Church.
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Troop 13 - Sponsored by
Westminster Presbyterian Church, the troop began in
1914. Herbert
Mitchell was scoutmaster, with John Bolin his
assistant.
The troop had a strong religious
emphasis.
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Troop 14 - Organized by R.R.
Adcock in 1914.
Met at the Dow School, the Woodland
Masonic Hall, and the South End Christian Church. Was dropped; then
re-organized in March 1931 by a Group of Citizens in
Bellaire.
Re-organized again in 1933; became
inactive and was dropped. Revived
in June 1937 by the Redeemer Lutheran Church. In
1948, the Shady Dale Baptist Church became sponsor. Dropped in 1950, but revived
in 1951 by the Reorganized Church of Latter Day
Saints.
Troop 14 finally expired in December
1958.
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Troop 15 - First organized
in 1914 at the Lubbock School. Warren
B. Leach and J.J. Boone were the first two
scoutmasters.
Later sponsored by the East End
Presbyterian Church. Re-organized
in September 1930 at the Palmer Memorial Church
(Episcopal).
Active at that church until August
1957.
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| McKinney | Dallas Morning News, January 22, 1914. "Special to The News. McKinney, Tex., Jan. 21 - A patrol of Boy scouts has been organized here by Scout Commissioner Jeff Davis. The advisory council is composed of the following citizens of the town: Jeff Davis, commissioner; Mayor H. A. Finch; John S. McKinney, City Marshal; Tom W. Perkins, former State Senator; H. L. Davis, County Judge; F. B. Pope, president of the Chamber of Commerce; L. J. Truett, County Attorney; W. E. Thompson, editor Examiner; M. T. Jones, Sunday School superintendent; The initial membership roll comprises about twenty fine young boys, ranging in age from 16 to 21. As soon as these have become well trained in the scout work, younger boys will be accepted to membership, down to the age of 12." |
| Snyder | According to "West-Texas Cubs, Scouts and Explorers," 1973, by Olan B. Draper, a Boy Scout Troop was organized in Snyder on March 13, 1914. |
| Tyler | Dallas Morning News, June 7, 1914. "About 100 Scouts...camped at Steward Lake, about seven miles west of Dallas. The Scouts were in charge of C. M. Richmond, scout commissioner; George W. Keeler, president of the scoutmasters; Scoutmasters Allen Hord, H. L. Young, W. G. Leeman and A. G. Newman. A. S. Douglas, a Scoutmaster from Tyler, Maynard Murphey, one of his Scouts of that city, accomplained the boys to the camp." |
| Midland | According to "West-Texas Cubs, Scouts and Explorers," 1973, by Olan B. Draper, in 1914, H. A. Leverton, Principal of Midland Schools and later Mayor of the city, organized a Troop with 7 boys and established the first Boy scout Camp in a popular wooded grove 4 miles west of Midland. |
| Sonora |
 http://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net/troop_sonora.html |
| Denton | Although
groups calling themselves "Boy Scouts" were started
in Denton from 1910 or 1911, they were never
registered with the BSA. The First Baptist
Church sponsored one of these early groups The
first documented Boy Scout evidence appeared as
follows: Dallas Morning News, March 3, 1913, page 2. "Boy Scout Movement Growing, Special to The News: Denton, Tex. March 10 - The Boy Scout movement is growing considerably in interest here, and the Lee school has a stron camp under direction of Principal J. E. Parks, with Lon F. Rowlett, a Philippine veteran, as scout master. "Eight of the boys took a hke to the dam on Elm fork of the Trinity Friday night, a distance of five miles, each carrying his bedding and cooking utensils and spending the night on the creek." Denton's frist coordinated effort to get officially tied to the BSA came on June 11, 1914 and Troop 1 was organized in September of 1914. Heer is a picture that was printed on page 6 of the November 13, 1915 Denton Record Chronicle of the troop.
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story in the Dallas Morning News, October
18, 1914, stated that the Texas State Fair had 300
Boy Scouts at the Texas State Fair on Boy Scout
Day. Scouts from Fort Worth, Greenville,
Garland, Terrell, Waxahachie, Tyler, Paris, Irving,
Italy, Jacksonville and Denison came to Dallas.
We want to thank Jim Morriss for providing us the information on Troop 1 of Denton, Texas. We do
not have information on the units marked in red
above. If you have any information on these Troops
please let us know. You can find the e-mal
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