The Road to Summit Bechtel Reserve: March 2023

My “Journey to Jamboree” began several months ago when my granddaughter decided she wanted to go to the Jamboree. We were late in joining and I had a big shock when I found out that it costs $3600 for a Scout to go to Jamboree. Why so much? Well, our...

Cub Scouting Origins from 1911 to 1930

As early as 1911, Ernest Thompson Seton had developed a prototype program he named Cub Scouts of America that was never implemented. James E. West felt that having BSA divisions for younger boys (those under 12; the “younger boy problem”) would draw away...