Scouting in Ohio

Scouting in Ohio

Scouting in Ohio 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.

Contents

Early history (1910-1950)

Recent history (1950-1990)

In 1952 the National Order of the Arrow Conference was held at Miami University.

Scouting in Ohio today

In the 1990s, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) went through a restructuring in an attempt to reduce manpower, and in several states small historic Councils were merged into a larger supercouncil. The Simon Kenton Council is an example of such a supercouncil.

There are sixteen Boy Scouts of America local councils in Ohio.

Allohak Council

Main article: Scouting in West Virginia

Allohak Council serves West Virginia and Ohio.[1] The council headquarters is in Parkersburg, West Virginia and is administered through six districts:

Black Swamp Area Council

Districts

  • American Elm District
  • Buckeye District
  • Black Walnut District
  • Great Oaks District
  • Hawthorn District
  • Old Sycamore District
  • Tamarack District

Camps-

  • Camp Lakota
  • Camp Berry

Buckeye Council

Main article: Buckeye Council

Buckeye Council serves Ohio and parts of northern West Virginia.

Dan Beard Council

The Dan Beard Council serves Scouts in 12 counties of southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. The council now consists of what had historically been 4 councils, first being Fort Hamilton Council (later Butler County Council), founded in 1913; Middletown Council (later Mound Builders Area Council), founded in 1917; the Covington Council, founded in 1918; and the Cincinnati Area Council (date of its founding is not known). The Council underwent a realignment in June, 2006. Several districts were combined.

The council is served by the Ku-Ni-Eh Lodge of the Order of the Arrow and the Dan Beard Eagle Scout Association.

Council Camps

Dan Beard Scout Reservation
Camp Friedlander
Camp Michaels

Camp Michaels is located in Union, KY, on 700 acres (2.8 km2) of land, offering primitive outdoor facilities. 61 acres (0.25 km2) of additional land was dedicated on September 19, 2008.

Dan Beard Scout Reservation

The Dan Beard Scout Reservation, in Loveland, OH, consists of three areas on its 506-acre (2.05 km2) campus:

Camp Friedlander

Camp Friedlander was established in 1919, and reopened in 2002 after renovations to the camp. Friedlander has 23 campsites, a 600 person dining hall, an 18-acre (73,000 m2) lake, cabins, and a swimming pool. It has an excellent reputation and attracts Scouts from all over the world. Camp Craig is often used as a training facility. The Program Building at Camp Craig is often rented out for retreats, conferences or training. The swimming pool at Camp Craig is shared with Cub World. Cub Scout Adventure World (Cub World) opened in 2000 as a camp designed exclusively for Cub Scouting. Cub World features two large buildings that offer dorm-like accommodations (Pioneer Fort and Medieval Castle) that offer rooms with bunk-beds, and more primitive areas (Mountain Man Village and Miner's Camp) that offer tent camping. All three camps have access to each other on the Reservation, which is adjacent to the Little Miami River.

Camp Hook

Camp Charles R. Hook (Camp Hook), founded in 1926, was in operation until 1991. In 1997, the land was purchased by the Five Rivers Metroparks and is now called the Twin Creek Metropark. The land for Camp Hook was donated by the Charles R. Hook family. Charles Hook was the President of the American Rolling Mill Company (ARMCO) - which in the early 1990s merged to become AK Steel Corporation - and son-in-law of the company's founder, George M. Verity. In early 1929 Mr. Hook donated a significant amount of stock to the Middletown Area Council with the instructions to immediately sell it and use the proceeds to put in a swimming pool at the camp. The timing on this event was advantageous considering early in the fall of 1929 was the crash of the stock market known as Black Friday and the beginning of the Great Depression. The sale of the stock yielded enough money to put in the swimming pool and purchase more land to the north, expanding the camp's size significantly. The waterfront of the camp was later named Lake George after Charles Hook's son, George Verity Hook. After the camp's closure and sale to the Metroparks system, the majority of the structures were torn down and the swimming pool filled in. Most of the campsites have grown over as well, but many landmarks or signs of the former use of the area remain. The Metroparks system maintains three group campsites for Scout use. A large rock with embedded plaque thanking the Hooks for the donation remains, as does the amphitheatre campfire bowl, the Administration Lodge, the Maintenance Building, the Chapel (now called the Natuary) and a few other structures that are in ruins. The park holds three geocache units that contain historical pictures of the old camp. One point of interest that remains is the Gilwell Tree. A local Scout in the 1970s took a vacation to England with his family, during which they visited Gilwell Park, the home of the Scouting movement. A sapling of one of the English Oaks was brought back from Gilwell Park and planted at Camp Hook to signify the ties between Scouting in the US and the worldwide movement. In 2010 a plaque, and a split rail fence were created to honor the tree and one of the leading, and oldest, scout leaders in the Council. It was an Eagle Scout Service Project.

Council Trails

Riverwalk Trail

The Riverwalk Trail spans downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky (Covington and Newport), and is 5 miles (8.0 km) long. Highlights along the trail include the boyhood home of Dan Beard. There is a patch available from the Council for walking the trial. The Trail Guide for the Dan Beard Riverwalk Trail can be found on the Dan Beard Council website.

Silver Moccasin Trail
Silver Moccasin Award for the Silver Moccasin Trail in Lebanon, Ohio
Silver Moccasin patch for the Silver Moccasin Trail in Lebanon, Ohio

The trail originally started in Lebanon and finished at Fort Ancient. It was 14 miles (23 km) long and used to offer a medal and a patch. A portion of the trail was reconstructed from Fort Ancient south to Morgan's Riverside Campground off of Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Rd, then crossing the Little Miami River to join the Little Miami Scenic Trail to complete the loop. This restored loop is 5.1 miles (8.2 km) long.

Thunderbird Trail (Historic)

The trail existed as a 6-mile (9.7-km) long loop around Camp Hook. It was in use for many years during the camp's time as a part of Mound Builders Area Council and Dan Beard Council. Scouts could earn a patch upon completing the entire trail. After the sale of the camp to the Fiver Rivers Metroparks system in 1997, the Thunderbird trail stopped being maintained and now no longer exists except to those who remember exactly where it was, although the trail markers and Order of the Arrow (OA) fire-rings are still visible and accessible by those who remember where they are.

Middletown Area Council

The Middletown Area Council existed from 1917 - 1932. In 1932 it changed its name to the "Mound Builders Area Council" and continued to serve the Middletown area until the merger in 1985 into the Dan Beard Council.

Erie Shores Council

The Erie Shores Council provides Scouting programs to the youth of Northwest Ohio in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood and eastern Fulton Counties.Erie Shores Council

Districts

Council Camps

French Creek Council

Main article: Scouting in Pennsylvania

French Creek Council serves Scouts in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Great Trail Council

Great Trail Council

The Great Trail Council is located in the greater Akron area and operates the following districts:

The council is served by the Marnoc Lodge (OA)

Camps

The council offers a first rate camping experience at camps Manatoc and Butler. The summer camp program is housed at Camp Manatoc.

Greater Cleveland Council

For the article on the English Scout County, see Scouting in Cleveland.

Greater Cleveland Council

  • Dover Rockport District
  • Two Rivers District
  • Crooked Creek District
  • Glacier Ridge District
  • Heritage District
  • Freedom Trail District
  • Quarrylands District
  • Pioneer District
  • Cuyahoga Valley District

Tinnerman Wilderness Canoe Base

Tinnerman Wilderness Canoe Base, more commonly known as Tinnerman Canoe Base, is a "high-adventure base" located on the banks of the French River, in Ontario. Since 1963 the base has been owned and operated by the Greater Cleveland Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Tinnerman Canoe Base is supported in part by the Friends Of Tinnerman / Tinnerman Guide Association.

Tinnerman is nicknamed the "Land of the Joli Voyageur".

History

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the French River area was a major trade route used to exchange furs trapped in the West with various goods made in the East and in Europe. The Land that the Tinnerman base is located on was owned by Albert H. Tinnerman, inventor of the speed nut.

Boy Scout ownership

After Mr. Tinnerman's passing in 1961, his grandson Bill Buttriss of Cleveland Ohio tried to obtain a commercial license for the camp. The Ontario government said that any one area would support only so many camps and they felt the lower French had enough camps at that time. Though appealed, a license was not possible for the camp.

It was at this time the family decided to donate the camp to the Cleveland Area Scout Council. Two weeks after the formal donation, Mr. Buttriss received a letter from the Ontario government stating that since one of the camps in the area had closed its doors (Rainbow Lodge on Bass Creek), the license would now be available.

                                                                                                                                 Recently, the Executive Board of Directors for Greater Cleveland Council, Boy Scouts of America voted to cease operations at the Tinnerman Wilderness Canoe Base.  Additionally, the board agreed that the ten acre property on the French River in Ontario, Canada would be sold.

Greater Western Reserve Council

Greater Western Reserve Council

The council operates the following districts:

Heart of Ohio Council

Heart of Ohio Council

The council operates the following districts:

  • Johnny Appleseed Trail District
  • Firelands District
  • Great Frontier District
  • Harding Area District

Miami Valley Council

Miami Valley Council

The Miami Valley Council serves Darke, Preble, Miami, Shelby and Montgomery counties in Ohio. The council operates the following districts:

  • Darke District
  • Miami District
  • Preble District
  • Shelby District
  • Sunwatch District
  • Wright Brothers District

Camps

Woodland Trails Scout Reservation is the Miami Valley Council's year-round camping facility. Located on a 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) spread of hardwood forests, fields, and streams, Woodland Trails is one of the premier camping facilities in southwestern Ohio.

The Miami Valley Council also operates Cricket Holler Scout Camp, located at 6675 Brantford Rd Dayton, OH 45414. Cricket Holler was the first camp built by the Miami Valley Council in 1919.

Muskingum Valley Council

Muskingum Valley Council

The council operates the following districts:

  • Arrowhead District
  • Forest Trails
  • Zane Trace District

Council Trails

Muskingum River Trail

A patch and medal are available for completion of the trail activities.

Camps

The Muskingum Valley Scout Reservation (also known as MVSR) is the council's year-round camping facility. Located on over 500 acres (2.0 km2) of reclaimed land near Conesville in Coshocton county, MVSR has offered Scouts a wide variety of options to expand their camping experience since its opening in 1968.

Ohio River Valley Council

Main article: Scouting in West Virginia

Ohio River Valley Council serves Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing, in West Virginia and Ohio.Ohio River Valley Council, BSA

Council office is located at:

Ohio River Valley Council, 192 McColloch Drive, Wheeling WV 26003

Districts include:

Two Chiefs and Mountaineer

Scout camps:

Fort Steuben Scout Reservation - Freeport, Ohio

Sandscrest Scout Reservation - Wheeling, WV

Order of the Arrow Lodge:

Onondaga Lodge 36 Onondaga Lodge 36

Simon Kenton Council

Main article: Simon Kenton Council

Simon Kenton Council serves Scouts in central and southern Ohio and in northern Kentucky. The council headquarters is in Columbus, Ohio.

Tecumseh Council

Tecumseh Council


The Tecumseh Council

Since 1923, Tecumseh Council has been successfully providing quality Scouting programs to thousands and thousands of young people. Today, we serve more than 4,729 youth members in 157 units.

More than 2,000 dedicated adult volunteers support our ongoing efforts to deliver the Boy Scouts of America's goals to our youth members throughout our council.

Tecumseh Council serves youth in five Ohio counties: Champaign, Logan, Clark, Greene and Clinton.

Districts:

  • Blue Jacket District
  • Bull Skin Trail District
  • Chillicothe District
  • Lagonda District
  • Robert E. Hadley District
  • Simon Kenton District

Camping

In 1932, Camp Hugh Taylor Birch began with a 25-acre of land and a vision. Today, Camp Birch has grown to encompass 440 acres of woodland that serves our Scouting and non-Scouting communities on a year-round basis.

Camp Birch – replete with a dining hall that serves 300, an Olympic size swimming pool, a 10-acre lake, and many other facilities – is our outdoor facility that we use to teach character, citizenship, personal fitness, and environmental awareness.

Besides our Cub and Boy Scouts, Camp Birch is used by churches, schools, other youth groups, the National Guard and college organizations. Every weekend, 10 to 15 different groups are camping or using the Adams Training Building, our training and educational center, for meetings.

Several renovations have been completed recently at Camp Birch, including new shower and restroom facilities. Four new modern cabins with similar facilities have also been built.

Adjacent to Clifton Gorge, John Bryan State Park and Glen Helen Nature Preserve, Camp High Taylor Birch is an integral part of 2,000 continuous acres of natural woodlands.

The United States Air Force Museum is located less than an hour's drive from Camp Birch.

Tri-State Area Council

Main article: Scouting in West Virginia

Tri-State Area Council serves Scouts in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Girl Scouts of the USA in Ohio

Map of Girl Scout Councils in Ohio

There are five Girl Scout councils in Ohio.

Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council

See Scouting in West Virginia. Serves girls in several eastern counties in Ohio.

Headquarters: Charleston, West Virginia
Website: http://www.bdgsc.org

Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council

See Scouting in Kentucky. Serves girls in Lawrence County, Ohio.

Headquarters: Lexington, Kentucky
Web Site: http://www.gswrc.org

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio (GSNEO) serves over 45,000 girls and has 15,000 adult volunteers.

GSNEO was formed in 2007 by the merger of five different councils: Erie Shores, Great Trail, Lake Erie, Lake to River, and Western Reserve. A service center is still operated in each region.

Headquarters: Macedonia, Ohio
Web Site: http://www.gsneo.org

Service Centers:

Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council

Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council serves girls in 33 counties in central, north-central, south-central, and southeastern Ohio.

This was formed by a merger of Girl Scouts - Seal of Ohio Council, Girl Scouts - Heart of Ohio, and Heritage Trails Girl Scout Council on January 1, 2009.

Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio
Website: http://www.gsohiosheartland.org/


Girl Scouts of Western Ohio

Girl Scouts of Western Ohio serves about 55,000 girls in Western Ohio and southeast Indiana.

This was formed by a merger of Girl Scouts of Appleseed Ridge, Girl Scouts of Buckeye Trails Council, Girl Scout Great Rivers Council, and Girl Scouts of Maumee Valley Council.

Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio
Web Site: http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org

Service Centers:

Scouting museums in Ohio

Further information: Scouting museums

International Scouting units in Ohio

Külföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség Hungarian Scouting maintains four troops in Cleveland.

See also

WikiProject Scouting fleur-de-lis dark.svg Scouting portal

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References

  1. ^ "Allohak Council". http://www.allohak.org/. 

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