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Scouting in Oregon

Scouting in the U.S. state of Oregon includes the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and Girl Scouts (GSUSA) youth organizations, as well as newer organizations like the Baden-Powell Service Association.

Early history (1907–1950)
The Portland Council(#492) was founded in 1916. In 1929, it changed its name to the Portland Area Council (#492), and in 1966, it changed its name again to the Columbia Pacific Council (#492). Finally, in 1993, it merged into the Cascade Pacific Council.

The Salem Council (#493) was founded in 1918. In 1923, Salem Council changed its name to the Willamette District Council (#493). Then in 1926, it changed its name once again to the Cascade Area Council (#493).

In 1926, the Umatilla Council (#738) was formed, and in 1927 it merged with the Blue Mountain Council. In 1926, the Eastern Oregon Area Council (#760) was formed, merging with Blue Mountain in 1932.

In 1921, the Lagrande Council (#494) was founded. It closed in 1924.

In 1922, the Astoria Council (#489) was founded. It changed its name to the Clatsop County Council (#489) in 1923. In 1927, the Clatsop County Council merged into the Portland Area Council (#492).

In 1922, the Corvallis Council (#493) was founded. It closed in 1924.

In 1922, Linn County Council (#491) was formed. It closed in 1924.

In 1924, the Bend Council (#651) was founded. It changed its name to the Central Oregon Council (#651) in 1925. It merged into Mid-Columbia Council (#494) in 1927.

In 1924, the Coos County Council (#490) was founded. It merged into the Douglas-Coos Council (#682) in 1926.

In 1924, The Dalles Council (#494) was founded. It changed its name to the Mid-Columbia Council (#494) in 1925. It changed its name to the Mid-Columbia-Deschutes Area Council (#617) in 1929. The council disbanded in 1934 and the area was served by Direct Service.

In 1924, the Douglas County Council (#682) was founded. It merged into the Douglas-Coos Council (#682) in 1926.

In 1924, the Klamath County Council (#746) was founded. It merged into Crater Lake Council (#491) in 1932.

In 1924, the Medford Council (#491) was founded. It changed its name to the Crater Lake Council (#491) in 1925.

In 1925, the Lane County Council (#697) was founded. It changed its name to the Wallamet Council (#697) in 1933. It changed its name again to the Oregon Trail Council (#697) in 1944.

In 1926, the Cascade Area Council (#493) was founded. It merged into the Cascade Pacific Council (#492) in 1993.

In 1926, the Douglas County Council (#490) was founded from the merger of the Coos County Council (#682) and the Douglas County Council (#682). It merged into the Willamette Council (#697) in 1933.

In 1927, the Benlinncoln Council (#490) was founded. In 1931 it was split with one half of the council going to the Cascade Area Council (#493) and the other half going to the Lane County Council (#697).

In 1936, the Modoc Area Council (#494) was founded. It merged into Crater Lake Council (#491) in 1993.

Recent history (1950–2010)
The Modoc Area Council (#494) merged into Crater Lake Council (#491) in 1993.

The Columbia Pacific Council (#492) merged with the Cascade Area Council (#493) to make the Cascade Pacific Council (#492) in 1993.

Boy Scouting in Oregon
There are five BSA local councils serving communities in Oregon, although not all are headquartered in Oregon.

Blue Mountain Council
The Blue Mountain Council serves Scouts in Washington and Oregon.

Cascade Pacific Council
Cascade Pacific Council serves Scouts in eighteen counties of Oregon and Washington, including

History
In 1932, the Mount Saint Helens Council (#704) merged with the Portland Area Council.

Organization

 * Spirit Lake District (serving the Southern Washington Area)
 * Pacific Trail District (serving the Beaverton and Hillsboro areas)
 * Cascadia District (serving Portland)
 * Rivers' Edge District (serving Newberg, Sherwood, and Canby)
 * Santiam River District (serving the Greater Salem area)
 * Timberline District (serving the area around Mount Hood)
 * Mid Columbia District (serving the area around the eastern Columbia River)
 * Pacific Shores District (serving the northern Oregon Coast)

Camps
The council operates a number of camps, including;

 * Aubrey Watzek Lodge, a winter recreation lodge on 12 acres of property leased from the US Forest Service
 * Camp Baldwin, 680 acre property 17 mi west of Dufur in the Mount Hood National Forest
 * Butte Creek Scout Ranch, a 670-acre working horse ranch south of Scotts Mills
 * Butte Creek Scout Ranch is a working ranch that doubles as a Cub Scout resident camp. Consisting of over 600 acres nestled near Scotts Mills, the property first opened as a summer camp in 1997.  During the summers, it is a 3-day and 2-night camp for Cub Scouts ages 5–10.  Unlike other resident Cub camps in the council, the Butte Creek Scout Ranch has a Western theme every year. This property is one of the few scout camps that includes a horse riding station and is home to cows, goats, chickens, and sometimes pigs.  The Butte Creek Ranch was also the first camp in the council to start a session for girls in the same age group.  Originally started in 2007, the program was called "Sisters' Camp" and had the purpose of providing Cub Scout sisters with a similar experience to their brothers.  Since 2019 the program serves girls and boys together during all summer sessions. The summer staff is primarily high school students. The property also doubles as the winter location for the council's 70+ head of horses.  Twice a year, June and August, 50 of the horses are ridden between Camp Baldwin and Butte Creek along a beautiful route over Mount Hood. The Horse Trek is open to anyone over 13, although Scouts receive a discount.  During the winter, Scouts participate in weekend horseback riding and camping on the property. The winters are staffed by a diverse group of volunteers who run rides and help maintain the property.
 * Camp Clark, a second camp on the Meriwether Reservation near Tillamook
 * Camp Cooper, 240 acres property northwest of Willamina in the coastal forest
 * Camp Ireland, 12-acre property in Hillsboro that has been shut down due to lack of scout registration. This is because a majority of cub scouts attending were mormon, and the camp shut down after Mormons stopped endorsing BSA.
 * Camp Meriwether, 790 acre beachfront property south of Cape Lookout near Tillamook
 * Nanitch Lodge, a winter recreation lodge on 8 acres of property leased from the US Forest Service
 * Camp Lewis, 116 acre property near Battleground, Washington
 * Camp Pioneer, 48 acre property east of Salem in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, leased from the US Forest Service
 * Royce-Finel, 17 acre property near Astoria

Order of the Arrow

 * Wauna La-Mon'tay Lodge #442 Members provide thousands of hours of service every year to Cascade Pacific Council's camps.

Crater Lake Council
Crater Lake Council serves Scouts in Oregon and California.

Organization

 * Wild Rivers District serves Jackson County, Oregon, Josephine County, Oregon, Siskiyou County, California, and Del Norte County, California
 * Fremont District serves Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes counties in Oregon
 * Klamath District serves Klamath County, Oregon, Lake County, Oregon and Modoc County, California
 * Pacific Rivers District serves Humboldt County, California

Camps

 * Camp Makualla is located on the shores of Crescent Lake in the heart of the Cascades and the Deschutes National Forest.
 * Camp McLoughlin is located on the northwestern shoreline of Lake of the Woods of the Fremont-Winema National Forests.

Order of the Arrow

 * Lo La 'Qam Geela Lodge #491

Ore-Ida Council
Ore-Ida Council serves Scouts in Idaho and Oregon.

Oregon Trail Council
The Oregon Trail Council serves more than 5,000 youth, supported by over 2,300 adults in over 260 units. It serves 6 counties in Western Oregon from the Cascades to the Coast including Eugene, Springfield, Corvallis, Roseburg, and Coos Bay. Scouts are served along the famous Oregon Coast from Lincoln City to Brookings.

Organization

 * Benton District serves Benton County
 * Cascade District serves Springfield, Cottage Grove, and eastern Lane County
 * Chinook District serves Coos County
 * Doug Fir District serves Douglas County
 * Greenwood District serves Eugene and western Lane County
 * Wacoma District serves Curry County
 * Yaquina District serves Lincoln County

Camps

 * Camp Baker
 * Camp Melakwa

Order of the Arrow

 * Tsisqan Lodge #253

Girl Scouting in Oregon
There are two Girl Scout councils serving girls in Oregon.

Girl Scouts of Silver Sage
Serves girls in Malheur County, Oregon with headquarters in Boise, Idaho.

Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Formed by the merger of Girl Scouts - Columbia River Council, Girl Scouts of Santiam Council, Girl Scouts of Western Rivers Council, and Girl Scouts of Winema Council in October 2008.

Service centers in Oregon

 * Bend
 * Eugene
 * Medford
 * Portland

Program centers:
 * Albany Program Center is located in a residential section of Albany.
 * Lebanon Program Center is a converted schoolhouse located in Lebanon.
 * Newport Program Center is located in residential Newport near the beach and the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
 * Seaside Program Center is located in residential Seaside near the beach.

Summer resident camps

 * Camp Arrowhead is 260 acres located in the Gorge near Stevenson, Washington. Camp Arrowhead has 260 acres of forest, meadows, trails, and a lake. It was opened in 1948.
 * Camp Cleawox is located two miles south of Florence in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. This 47 acre site is situated on a freshwater lake. Girl Scouts first started camping there before 1930 and in 1938/1939 substantial work was done by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The property was also leased by other groups until 1949.
 * Camp Whispering Winds is located in the forested hills of Kings Valley. The camp includes 220 acres and a central lake.

Outdoor Program Centers:
 * The Homestead Outdoor Program Center is 32 acres located on the historically significant Creighton Homestead in Rhododendron at the base of Mount Hood.
 * Mountaindale Outdoor Program Center is located off Sunset Highway in North Plains. Mountaindale has 50 acres of woods, a meadow, and a pond.
 * Ruth Hyde Outdoor Program Center is 90 acres about seven miles west of Grants Pass.

Baden-Powell Service Association
The Baden-Powell Service Association has six chartered groups in the Portland, Oregon area—more than any other city in the United States.

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Jimmy Carter (boxer)

James Walter Carter (December 15, 1923, in Aiken, SC – September 21, 1994) was an American world lightweight boxing champion three times between 1951 and 1955. His managers included Jimmy Roche and Willie Ketchum. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000. Carter's loss to Lauro Salas in 1952 and his loss to Paddy DeMarco in 1954 were each named Ring Magazine upset of the year. His professional record was 80-31-9 with 32 knockouts.

Early life
James Walter Carter was born on December 15, 1923, in Aiken, South Carolina, but his family moved to New York when he was nine. Carter began to use his fists defending himself on the streets of Harlem, but later received training at a Catholic Boys Club, making his amateur debut at the age of fourteen. Beginning as a professional fighter in New York in 1946, he won 22 of his first 26 fights.

First taking the World Lightweight Championship, May 1951
On May 25, 1951, Carter took the World Lightweight Championship from reigning champion Ike Williams in a fourteenth-round TKO at Madison Square Garden. Williams was down in the fifth, tenth, and fourteenth rounds. Carter knocked Williams to the mat a total of four times, and was leading the scorecards of all three officials before the bout was stopped. In the fifth round, Williams was dropped to the canvas for a five count, and never was the same. Surprisingly, Carter was not at all well known at the time of the bout, and his victory was considered an upset.

In his first title defense before 7,251 fans on November 14, 1951, he went up against Art Aragon at the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, winning in a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Aragon was down in both the sixth and fifteenth rounds, but claimed after the fight that a left to his jaw in the twelfth is what finally did him in. It was an easy win for Carter, as Aragon lacked the skills to take down the world champion. Aragon took a severe beating in the last four rounds that sealed the victory for Carter. Carter had oddly lost to Aragon on August 28 of that year in a fifteen-round split decision at the same location. Some boxing writers speculated he may have thrown the fight on purpose. Some even believed Carter was controlled by mafia kingpin Frankie Carbo.

He lost the title on May 14, 1952, against Lauro Salas at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles in a fifteen-round split decision that was a jarring upset for many. The decision was a controversial one, and many boxing writers disagreed with the official' final ruling for Sales.

Taking the World Lightweight Championship for the second time, October 1952
Carter took the World Lightweight Championship for a second time on October 15, 1952, against Mexican national Lauro Salas in a fifteen around unanimous decision at the Chicago Stadium before a small crowd of 5,283. In a sweeping victory, which saw far more damage to Salas, the officials gave all but two of the rounds to Carter and his terrific left hook.

On April 24, 1953, he staged a title defense against Tommy Collins before a substantial crowd of 12,477 at Boston Garden, winning in a fourth-round TKO. Collins' corner men ended the fight after their boxer had been knocked to the canvas ten times in the final two rounds. Both the TV audience and the crowd, who were largely fans of Collins, protested the continuation of such a brutal, and one sided bout. He next fought George Araujo on June 12, 1953, in a lightweight world title bout at Madison Square Garden, winning in a thirteenth-round TKO.

On March 5, 1954, Carter lost his second World Lightweight Championship against Paddy DeMarco in a fifteen-round unanimous decision at New York's Madison Square Garden. DeMarco, a 4–1, underdog won the decision with ease rocking the crowd of 5,730 with a remarkable upset. Carter tried for a knockout throughout the bout, but DeMarco scored continuously with fleet footwork and a punishing left. Both judges gave DeMarco nine rounds, with the referee giving him seven.

Taking the World Lightweight Championship for third and final time, November 1954
On November 17, 1954, Carter took the lightweight championship back from Paddy DeMarco in a fifteen-round TKO at the Cow Palace, in Daily City, California. DeMarco was down in the ninth and fourteenth rounds. Carter had lost his title to DeMarco only seven months earlier.

Carter lost the title for the last time to Wallace "Bud" Smith at Boston Garden in a fifteen-round split decision on June 29, 1955. Though the bout was close, Carter took one of the worst beatings of his career from Smith requiring fifteen stitches over his eyes. Smith himself needed three stitches to fix a cut over his own eye. The crowd of only 1,983 saw a razor close, hotly contested title match. Two of the officials gave a margin of only one point between the two boxers.

Carter died of a heart attack on September 21, 1994, at the age of 70.

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Garrett Morris

Garrett Isaac Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor. He was part of the original cast and was the first black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. He also played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984). Morris had one of the starring roles, as Junior "Uncle Junior" King, on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Morris also had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. He is also known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, until he suffered an injury. Also, he made two guest appearances on The Wayans Bros. in season one, episode one as himself and again on episode ten as the brothers' uncle Leon (1995). He played a concerned teacher in the film Cooley High (1975), Slide in Car Wash (1976), and Carl in The Census Taker (1984).

Early life and career
Morris was born on February 1, 1937, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and grew up in the poverty-stricken Gert Town neighborhood. A church-choir singer from his youth, he trained at the Juilliard School of Music and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he performed with The Belafonte Folk Singers. In 1960 Garret Morris recorded South African Freedom Songs (EPC-601) with Pete Seeger and Guy Carawan for Folkways Records. He performed in a number of Broadway musicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. In 1965, he worked alongside Amiri Baraka, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler and Sonia Sanchez at the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School in Harlem; during this period, the theater was frequently raided and surveilled by the New York City Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes (1971) and was a cast member in the short-lived CBS sitcom, Roll Out. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High.

Morris also lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Saturday Night Live
Morris had written a play that Lorne Michaels read and liked, which got Morris hired onto as a writer for a program he was developing for Saturday night. Morris was asked about bringing in black actors to potentially serve as cast members, such as asking Bill Duke. Duke wasn't cast, but a suggestion by ones who were cast led Michaels to view a film that had Morris in it with Cooley High, which Morris later stated "played a hand" in getting him cast on Saturday Night Live, as produced by Michaels. Periodically on SNL he sang classical music: once a Mozart aria "Dalla Sua Pace", Don Ottavio's aria from Don Giovanni when guest-host Walter Matthau designated him as a "musical guest...in place of the usual crap", and once a Schubert lied while the titles on the screen expressed his colleagues' purported displeasure at having to accommodate a misguided request by him. In February 1977, he sang Tchaikovsky's Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt barefoot in colorful Caribbean dress while subtitles explained he had just returned from Jamaica where he had picked up a girl by claiming to be Harry Belafonte.

One of Morris' best known characters on SNL was the Dominican baseball player Chico Escuela. Chico spoke only limited and halting English, so the joke centered on his responding to almost any question with his catch phrase: "Baseball... been berra berra good... to me". Another recurring bit, used in the newscast segment Weekend Update, involved Morris being presented as "President of the New York School for the hard of hearing" and assisting the newscaster by shouting the main headlines, in a parody of the then-common practice of providing sign language interpretation in an inset on the screen as an aid to the deaf viewer.

According to the book Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live, Morris was frequently unhappy during his tenure on SNL from 1975 to 1980, and expressed the opinion that he was usually typecast in stereotypical roles. Black performers who have followed Morris on SNL have at times been publicly concerned with experiencing the same fate Morris did. Eddie Murphy, for example, told TV Guide in the early 1980s that SNL producer Jean Doumanian "had tried to Garrett Morris me".

Recurring characters

 * Chico Escuela, a Dominican baseball player for the New York Mets
 * Cliff, the streetwise friend to the Festrunk Brothers (Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin)
 * Grant Robinson, Jr., one of The Nerds
 * Hodo, one of Miles Cowperthwaite's cronies
 * Merkon, the leader of the Coneheads
 * Weekend Update 's "News for the Hard of Hearing" translator, who simply repeated each line while shouting with his hands cupped around his mouth.

Later life and career
In 1976, Morris appeared in the film Car Wash, playing the role of Slide the bookmaker. In 1983 and 1984, Morris appeared in five episodes of The Jeffersons, playing a character named Jimmy. He starred in the 1984 film The Census Taker, a 1984 black comedy directed by Bruce R. Cook.

In 1985, he appeared in Larry Cohen's science fiction horror film The Stuff, playing cookie magnate "Chocolate Chip Charlie", a parody of Famous Amos. That year he also guested on Murder, She Wrote as "Lafayette Duquesne". In 1986, Morris began playing a regular occasional character, "Arnold 'Sporty' James", on the NBC cop drama Hunter, starring Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer. Morris appeared in Married... with Children as Russ, one of Al's poker buddies, in "The Poker Game", in a 1987 season 1 episode and again in the season 3 episode "Requiem for a Dead Barber". Garrett Morris continually appeared as "Sporty" on Hunter through 1989. He also appeared in the 1992 horror comedy Severed Ties starring Oliver Reed.

In 1994, he was "shot by a would-be mugger", whom he "attempted to fight off", but recovered as he discussed on the January 14, 2016, episode of Marc Maron's podcast WTF. On Howard Stern's radio show on July 20, 1995, Morris said the culprit was imprisoned not for the shooting, but for parole violations for other crimes. In another radio interview, he mentioned that the robber who shot him was eventually convicted and incarcerated. In prison, inmates who happened to be fans of Morris teamed up and beat up the robber in revenge. At the time of the shooting, Morris was starring on Martin as Martin's first boss, Stan Winters. Morris' shooting rendered him temporarily unable to continue in the role; he was written out of the show by having the character become a national fugitive. The scene where he is about to undergo plastic surgery was shot on the hospital bed Morris occupied while recuperating from the 1994 assault. He made a final appearance as Stan during the show's third season, walking with a cane due to Morris' real injuries, but the reason given for Stan was that he had crashed his car during a police chase.

Morris also had regular roles on Diff'rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, Hill Street Blues, 227, and Roc. He also appeared in an episode of Who's the Boss, "Sam's Car" (1989), playing the role of Officer Audette. He was a regular cast member on The Jamie Foxx Show, playing Jamie's uncle, Junior King, for the show's entire run.

In 1998, Morris appeared as himself in the fourth episode of the fifth season of the TV series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. In 2002, Morris made a cameo appearance on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Brittany Murphy. In 2006, Morris reprised his role as "Headmaster of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing" in a cameo on the TV series Family Guy, in the episode "Barely Legal". He continued to perform regularly in films. He also operated and was the host of his own comedy club, The Downtown Comedy Club, in downtown Los Angeles. On February 9, 2007, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa honored Garrett Morris for his work and contributions to the black community. He declared February 9, 2007, Garrett Morris Day and named The Downtown Comedy Club the official club of Los Angeles. In August 2008, Morris played the role of Reverend Pratt in the family comedy drama film, The Longshots, starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer.

In 2009, Morris appeared in two TV commercials for the Nintendo DS—one featuring Mario Kart DS, and the other featuring Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!. In 2010, Morris appeared in a television commercial for Miller Lite. The national commercial, titled "PopPop", features Morris alongside actors Stacey Dash and Jason Weaver. The commercial takes a light-hearted look at a family relationship with Morris playing the grandfather, PopPop, and Weaver as his grandson. , Morris has appeared in an ad for Orbit gum in the United States. In 2011, Morris had a cameo role as a Catholic priest on the episode "Three Boys" on the Showtime series Shameless. He was cast as Earl in the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, which premiered on September 19, 2011. During the second season he faced a lawsuit from the Global Agency accusing him of not paying 10% of his income from the show as agreed. However, a rep from the show stated that he had not actually failed to do so.

In 2015, Morris appeared as a cameo in Ant-Man, referencing an old SNL sketch in which he played the first live-action incarnation of the character. On September 9, 2016, Morris and his family appeared on the ABC's game show Celebrity Family Feud, playing against Alfonso Ribeiro and Ribeiro's friends. In 2018, Morris appeared in the NBC show This Is Us. In 2019, Morris appeared in the fifth episode of A Black Lady Sketch Show, titled "Why Are Her Pies Wet, Lord?".

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Scouting in South Dakota

Scouting in South Dakota has a long history, from the 1910s to the present, and serves thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.

Early history (1910–1950)
In 1917 the Centerville Council was founded. It folded in 1918.

In 1917 the Mitchell Council was founded. It folded in 1920.

In 1920 the Yankton Council (#555) was founded. It folded in 1924.

In 1930 the Black Hills Area Council (#695) was founded.

In 1920 the Huron Council (#693) was founded. It reformed as the Huron Area Council in 1925, changing its name to the Central South Dakota Council in 1928. In 1942 it changed its name to Pheasant Council (#693).

In 1925 the Southern South Dakota Council (#716) was founded. In 1927 it merged into the Sioux Council.

In 1926 the Hiawatha Council (#733) was founded. In 1927 it merged into the Sioux Council.

In 1925 the Aberdeen Area Council (#703) was founded. In 1928 it changed its name to Northern South Dakota Council, changing the name again in 1931 to the Dasota Council. In 1933, the Dasota Council split, with half of the council going to Central South Dakota and half going to Arrowhead.

In 1934 the Arrowhead Council (#703) was founded. In 1942 the Pheasant Council (#693) was founded. In 1943 Arrowhead merged into Pheasant.

In 1927 the Sioux Council (#733) was founded.

Recent history (1950–1990)
In 1978, the Pheasant Council (#693) merged into the Sioux Council (#733).

Boy Scouts of America in South Dakota today
There are two Boy Scouts of America (BSA) local councils serving South Dakota. All of South Dakota lies within Central Region as part of Area C1A

Black Hills Area Council
The Black Hills Area Council was granted a charter by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America in 1930. It serves (as of when?) over 3,700 youth members in Western South Dakota and Eastern Wyoming.

Organization
The Black Hills Area Council has one district, the Rushmore District.

Camps
In 1976 the Black Hills Area Council established Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch, its year-round camping facility which hosts both unit and family groups.

Mid America Council
The Mid-America Council offers programs in 58 counties in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. The Mid-America Council was formed from a merger of the Covered Wagon Council and the Southwest Iowa Council in 1965. The first recorded Scouting in the area was in 1918 as the Omaha Council. In 2000 the council merged with the Prairie Gold Area Council in Sioux City, Iowa.

Northern Lights Council
The Northern Lights Council serves North Dakota, and counties in South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana.

Sioux Council
Sioux Council serves Scouts in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.

Organization

 * Buffalo Ridge District
 * Five Rivers District
 * Lewis and Clark Trail District
 * North Star District
 * Pheasant District
 * Prairie Hills District

Camps
Sioux Council operates the Lewis & Clark Scout Camp at Tabor, SD; Camp Iyataka at Wilmot, SD; Newton Hills Camp south of Canton, SD; and Camp Shetek at Currie, MN.

Order of the Arrow
Tetonwana Lodge is the local lodge of the Order of the Arrow for Sioux Council. The Tetonwana Lodge was chartered in 1937 and serves Scouts in the states of South Dakota, Minnesota. and Iowa.

On January 1, 1978, Tetonwana Lodge #105 and Iyatonka Lodge #460 merged. This merger was the result of a merger between Sioux Council and Pheasant Council.

Girl Scouting in South Dakota
Two Girl Scout Councils serve South Dakota.

Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons
Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons serves 11,000 girls and has 4,100 adult volunteers in North and South Dakota and in thirteen counties in northwestern Minnesota and Lyon County, Iowa. The council is divided into four geographic areas and has seven offices. Girl Scouts—Dakota Horizons is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

History
On July 1, 2007 the three Girl Scout councils of South Dakota and the three in North Dakota merged to form the current council. The councils it replaces are:
 * Girl Scouts of The Black Hills Council;
 * Girl Scouts of Minn-Ia-kota;
 * Girl Scouts of Nyoda Council;
 * Girl Scouts of Northwest North Dakota;
 * Girl Scouts of Sakakawea Council; and
 * Girl Scouts-Pine to Prairie Council.

District Offices

 * Bismarck, North Dakota - Northwest District
 * Fargo, North Dakota - Northeast District
 * Rapid City, South Dakota - Southwest District
 * Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Southeast District

District Field Offices:
 * Minot, North Dakota
 * Grand Forks, North Dakota

Camps

 * Camp MOE - near Thief River Falls, Minnesota
 * Camp Neche - near Bismarck, North Dakota
 * Camp Ocankasa - near Mandan, North Dakota
 * Camp Owetti - near Minot, ND
 * Camp Sakakawea - near Pick City, North Dakota
 * Camp Tonweya is north of Valley City, North Dakota
 * Wall Lake Camp is near Sioux Falls, SD
 * Camp Nyteepeota - on Lake Kampeska in Watertown, South Dakota
 * Camp Arroya is near Mitchell, SD
 * Camp Woodlands - near Huron, South Dakota
 * Robin's Nest is near Aberdeen, SD
 * TDAF (Tom and Danielle Aman Foundation) Lodge is near Aberdeen, SD
 * Cedar Canyon Camp is near Rapid City, SD

Former Camps:
 * Camp PahaSapa was near Rapid City, South Dakota

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
Serves South Dakota girls in Union and part of Clay counties.

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Scouting in Texas

Scouting in Texas 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. Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play constructive roles in society.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provides Scouting for boys and girls in all programs. Texas is home to the BSA national headquarters, in Irving, Texas. The Boy Scouts of America in Texas are organized into 20 local councils.

Girl Scouts of the USA, organized into eight local councils, only serves girls.

History
Scouting in Texas unofficially dates to the publication of British lieutenant general Robert Baden-Powell's popular book, Scouting for Boys, in 1908. Even before a national organization had been started, groups of boys began Scout activities in troops and small groups in 1908, 1909, and 1910. The claims of several troops to be the first organized in Texas, whether before or after the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910, are difficult to verify. BSA archives do show that the thirty-seventh registered scoutmaster in the country was a Texan, Rev. George W. Sheafor, of Comanche, in 1910.

In February 1910, just days after the Boy Scouts of America was organized, Boy Scout Troop 114 was established in Floresville, Texas by Professor W.H. Butler. A reference to the Floresville Boy Scout Troop can be found in the edition of April 2, 1911 of The Galveston Daily News when they published a picture of the Floresville troop. An article in the Victoria, Weekly Advocate (probably January 10, 1911 edition) refers to the Floresville Boy Scout troop as the second oldest in Texas. A short break in the troop's charter occurred in 1974. They no longer appear to be an active Troop.

Austin, TX Troop 5 was formed in 1911 and has been in continuous operation since that time. In 2011, Austin Troop 5 celebrated its 100th anniversary centennial at Camp Mabry. Troop 5 is believed to be the oldest continuously chartered scout troop in Texas.

In 1913 Troop 7 was established in Grapevine, Texas. The troop has been chartered every year since starting except 1979.

In 1916 Troop 1 was established in Wichita Falls, Texas. Troop 1 in Wichita Falls has been continuously chartered since 1916.

An African American troop was formed in Port Arthur as early as 1916. The BSA report to Congress for 1930 named Dallas as one of the southern cities in which Scouting was growing in the black community. Hispanic boys were also active in Scouting, often in units with non-Hispanic boys. Jewish youth had been active in Scouting in San Antonio for many years before a synagogue sponsored a troop for them in 1924.

By 1918, unofficial Wolf Cub packs appeared in Paris, Texas.

The BSA national office was moved to Irving in 1979.

The Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council traces its roots back to the 1920s when Frances Mann Law and Corrinne Fonde organized a Girl Scout Council in Houston. The council office was in a three roomed cottage.

Most Girl Scouts of the USA units were originally segregated by race according to state and local laws and customs. The first troop for Mexican Americans was formed in Houston in 1922. In 1936, the first African American Girl Scout troop west of the Mississippi was formed in Texas.

The Girl Scouts' Camp Texlake was dedicated in 1949.

Boy Scouts of America in Texas
Texas is home to the BSA National Headquarters in Irving, Texas. The National Scouting Museum was located in Irving from October 2002 until September 2017 when it was moved to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico.

There are twenty Boy Scouts of America local councils in Texas. All of Texas lies within the Southern Region, except for El Paso, Hudspeth and Parmer Counties, which are part of Western Region.

Alamo Area Council
The Alamo Area Council, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, serves a 13 county area in Texas. The counties served by the Alamo Area BSA include Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, and Wilson.

Organization
The council is composed of: These thirteen no longer have their old names, except Galaxy.
 * Districts
 * Fiesta District
 * River District
 * Coyote District
 * Roadrunner District
 * Oak Tree District
 * Mesquite District
 * Wildflower District (meta-district includes Scoutreach)
 * Prickly Pear District (meta-district includes Exploring)
 * Mission District (made up of units run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was dissolved at the end of 2019 when the Church dissolved all its scouting units)
 * Old Districts
 * Texas Hills District
 * Rough Rider District
 * Diamondback District
 * Summit District
 * Memorial District
 * Longhorn District
 * Cimarron District
 * Two Rivers District
 * Armadillo District
 * Victory District
 * Broken Arrow District
 * Cherokee District
 * Eagle District
 * El Dorado District
 * Four Rivers District
 * Galaxy District
 * Keystone District
 * Mission Tejas District
 * Phoenix District
 * Sioux District
 * Aztec District
 * Tomahawk District
 * Two Feathers District

Camps
Alamo Area Council operates three camps: McGimsey Scout Park, where Cub Scout Day Camp is held during the summer, as well as other events throughout the year, Bear Creek Scout Reservation, where Boy Scout resident camp and Webelos resident camp are held during the summer, and the newest camp, the Mays Family Scout Ranch located south of downtown San Antonio.

Order of the Arrow

 * Aina Topa Hutsi #60

Organization

 * Coastal District
 * Cradle of Texas District
 * Thunderbird District
 * Northern Star District

Camps

 * Camp Karankawa
 * Sea Star Base Galveston

Order of the Arrow

 * Wihinipa Hinsa Lodge

Buffalo Trail Council
The Buffalo Trail Council comprises five Districts serving West Texas.

Organization

 * Chaparral District - Martin and Midland counties
 * Comanche Trails District - Andrews, Ector, Loving, Ward, and Winkler counties
 * Big Bend District - Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, and Reeves counties
 * Lone Star District - Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry and Sterling counties
 * Scoutreach District

Camps

 * Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch

Caddo Area Council
Headquartered in Texarkana, Texas, the Caddo Area Council (#584) serves Scouts in Northeast Texas and Arkansas.

The Longhorn District serves Bowie and Cass counties in Northeast Texas.

Capitol Area Council
The Capitol Area Council serves Scouts and Scouting volunteers in 15 Central Texas counties surrounding Austin. The council currently (when?) serves 24,000 young people, and is led by the current Scout Executive, Jon Yates.

Organization

 * Armadillo District
 * Bee Cave District
 * Blackland Prairie District
 * Chisholm Trail District
 * Colorado River District
 * Hill Country District
 * Live Oak District
 * North Shore District
 * Sacred Springs District
 * San Gabriel District
 * Thunderbird District
 * Waterloo District

Camps

 * Lost Pines Scout Reservation - Bastrop County, Texas
 * Griffith League Scout Ranch - Bastrop County, Texas
 * Camp Alma McHenry - near Giddings, Texas
 * Camp Green Dickson - near Gonzales, Texas
 * Smilin V -- Liberty Hill (Williamson County), Texas
 * Roy D. Rivers Wilderness Camp - Near Smithville, Texas

Order of the Arrow
First chartered by the National Council on January 20, 1937, by Joe Lindsay Jr. and Joe Lindsay Sr., Tonkawa Lodge #99 started as Tejas Lodge but was later changed to Tonkawa in 1938 with lodge 72 already having the name. Tonkawa Lodge #99 was proudly had one of its members become the Order of the Arrow National Chief in 2011, Jonathan "Bunker" Hillis. Currently Tonkawa Lodge #99 has 12 Chapters that are aligned and named with the above-mentioned Districts.
 * Tonkawa #99

Circle Ten Council
The Circle Ten Council serves BSA units in 24 counties across North Texas and portions of Oklahoma.

Organization

 * North Central Service Area

 * Northern Trail District
 * Rising Sun District
 * Tejas Caddo District
 * West Park District

 * North Metro Service Area

 * Chisholm Trail District
 * Eagle Trail District
 * Iron Horse District
 * Lone Star District
 * Texoma Valley District

 * Northeastern Service Area

 * Duck Creek District
 * East Trinity Trails District
 * Eastern Lakes District
 * Post Oak District
 * Two Rivers District

 * Southwestern Service Area

 * Elm Fork District
 * Soaring Eagle District
 * Southern Star District
 * Western Horizion District

Camps

 * Camp Constantin - Graford, TX
 * Clements Scout Ranch - Athens, TX
 * Camp James Ray - Pottsboro, TX
 * Camp Wisdom - Dallas, TX

Order of the Arrow

 * Mikanakawa Lodge #101

Conquistador Council
The Conquistador Council (No. 413), with its office in Roswell, New Mexico, primarily oversees BSA units in southeast New Mexico. However, Parmer County, Texas is included in the council territory because of its proximity to Clovis, New Mexico. There are no units chartered in Parmer County. The area is part of El Llano Grande District. The Kwahadi Lodge #78 of the Order of the Arrow serves local Arrowmen.

East Texas Area Council
The East Texas Area Council was formed in 1930 through the merger of the Davey Crockett Council, the Pine Tree Area Council, and the Tejas Council. It serves 17 counties in Texas.

Organization

 * Five Rivers District
 * Golden Eagle District
 * Tomahawk District
 * Wo Ha Li District

Camps

 * George W. Pirtle Scout Reservation (Camp Pirtle)

Order of the Arrow

 * Tejas Lodge 72

Golden Spread Council
The Golden Spread Council (#562) serves Scouts in the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma. Its service area includes all or part of 23 counties in Texas and three counties in Oklahoma.

Organization

 * Adobe Walls District
 * Golden Eagle District
 * Lone Wolf District
 * Quanah Parker District

Camps

 * Camp Don Harrington
 * Camp M.K. Brown

Order of the Arrow

 * Nischa Achowalogen

Longhorn Council
The Longhorn Council serves Scouts in a 23 county area of North Texas and Central Texas. Its headquarters is in Hurst (near Fort Worth), with an additional service center in Waco.

Organization
The council is organized into 12 districts:
 * Arrowhead District
 * Heart O' Texas District
 * Lone Star District
 * Orion District
 * Pathfinder District
 * Santa Fe District
 * Lone Star District
 * Orion District
 * Pathfinder District
 * Santa Fe District
 * Santa Fe District

Camps

 * Worth Ranch (Palo Pinto, Texas)
 * Sid Richardson Scout Ranch (Bridgeport, Texas)
 * Camp Tahuaya (Belton, Texas)
 * Hills and Hollows (Denton, Texas)

Order of the Arrow

 * Netopalis Sipo Schipinahck Lodge #209

NeTseO Trails Council
NeTseO Trails Council serves Scouts in northeastern Texas (neT) and southeastern Oklahoma (seO) and has the Council Office in Paris, Texas on the west side of Loop 286. Council merged with Circle Ten 3/1/2017.

Organization

 * Two Rivers District
 * Northern Star District
 * White Oak District

Camps

 * Camp Frederick H. Dierks, Wright City, Oklahoma (sold 2017)
 * Lynwood Hogue Scout Camp a.k.a. "Hogue's Landing", Paris, TX

Order of the Arrow

 * Loquanne Allangwh Lodge #428

Northwest Texas Council
The Northwest Texas Council (#587) was founded in 1920. Based in Wichita Falls, the Northwest Texas Council serves almost 100 units in 12 Texas counties (Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, and Wilbarger).

Organization

The Northwest Texas Council has two districts:

 * Green Belt District
 * Red River District

Camps

 * Camp Perkins - a gift in 1941 from Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Perkins, is the primary camp for the council. It is about 400 acre located along the Red River.

Order of the Arrow

 * Wichita Lodge 35

Rio Grande Council
The Rio Grande Council (#775) was formed in 1927 as the Lower Rio Grande Valley Council (#775). It changed its name in 1947 to the current name. It covers 5 counties, including Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Starr & Zapata and it serves a membership of approximately, 4,000 youth and 1,500 adult leaders in the southernmost parts of Texas.

Organization
The Rio Grande Council has four districts:
 * Arrowhead District
 * Tip-O-Tex District
 * Arroyo District
 * Rio Bravo District

Camps

 * Laguna Station High Adventure Sea Base is located on South Padre Island. Campers can gain SCUBA certification.
 * Camp Perry was established in 1927 and has continuously operated as a Boy Scout Camp longer than any other such camp in Texas. Situated on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado, it covers over 260 acre. There are twelve campsites at Camp Perry.

Order of the Arrow

 * Wewanoma Lodge

Sam Houston Area Council
The Sam Houston Area Council serves youth in 16 counties in southeast Texas. The council headquarters is in Houston.

Organization
Central Division
 * Aldine Pathfinder District
 * Tatanka District
 * Antares District
 * W.L. Davis District

East Division
 * San Jacinto District
 * Flaming Arrow District
 * Raven District
 * Skyline District

Frontier Division
 * Arrowmoon District
 * Brahman District
 * David Crockett District
 * George Strake District

North Division
 * Iron Horse District
 * Phoenix District
 * Soaring Eagle District
 * Tall Timbers District
 * Orion District

South Division
 * Aquila District
 * Brazos District
 * North Star District
 * Thunder Wolf District
 * Twin Bayou District

West Division
 * Copperhead District
 * Big Cypress District
 * Mustang District
 * Texas Skies District

Learning for Life Division
 * Exploring - North District
 * Exploring - South District
 * Learning for Life - Curriculum
 * STEM Scouts

Camps

 * Camp Strake was a Boy Scout Camp in Southern Montgomery County, Texas off of I-45. The camp closed in December 2014. Camp Strake is moving to a rural site in the Sam Houston National Forest, between New Waverly and Coldspring near the community of Evergreen in order to create a 21st-century Scouting experience for Scouts and their leaders.
 * El Rancho Cima Scout Reservation, a 2,680 acre mountain ranch purchased in 1953. It is located on the Blanco River near Wimberley, Texas in the Devil's Backbone of the Texas Hill Country. El Rancho Cima contains three main areas. -
 * Due to devastating flooding at El Rancho Cima's River Camp on Memorial Day 2015, El Rancho Cima was closed as a scout camp. Hays County purchased a portion of the land from SHAC in November 2019.
 * Camp Brosig is located seven miles north of Sealy, Texas. This camp is used primarily for weekend camping at district/council activities.
 * Bovay Scout Ranch is located off SH 6, just south of Navasota, Texas. Bovay Scout Ranch contains the McNair Cub Adventure Camp and the Tellepsen Scout Camp.

OA Lodges

 * Colonneh Lodge #137

International exchanges
Houston Scouts have an international relationship with Scouts in Chiba, Japan.

South Plains Council
The South Plains Council (#694) serves the area around Lubbock.

South Texas Council
The South Texas Council of Corpus Christi, Texas, was renamed from the Gulf Coast Council in 2003.

Organization

 * Aztec District
 * Brush Country District
 * Coastal Plains District
 * LaSalle District
 * Pawnee District
 * Venado District

Camps

 * Camp Karankawa
 * Camp Huisache

Order of the Arrow

 * Karankawa Lodge 307

Texas Southwest Council
The Texas Southwest Council serves Scouts in Southwest Central Texas through the jurisdiction of two districts and 26 Boy Scout troops.

Organization

 * Concho Valley District
 * Amistad District

Camps

 * Camp Sol Mayer
 * Camp Fawcett
 * Baden Powell Park

Order of the Arrow

 * Wahinkto Lodge 199

2024 Lodge Chief-Santiago Guerra

Texas Trails Council
The Texas Trails Council was formed in 2003 by the consolidation of the Chisholm Trail Council (all of Taylor, Shackelford, Haskell, Jones, Callahan, and Coleman counties, and part of Runnels County) and the Comanche Trail Council (Brown, Comanche, Erath, Mills, San Saba, and Lampasas counties).

Organization

 * Old Comanche Trails District (Stephens, Erath, Eastland, and Comanche counties, along with Moran ISD and Cross Plains ISD)
 * Pecan Valley District (Lampasas, San Saba, Brown, Mills, and Coleman counties)
 * Buffalo Mountain District (Stonewall, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Nolan, and Taylor counties, along with Albany ISD, Baird ISD, Clyde ISD, and Winters ISD)

Camps

 * Camp Billy Gibbons
 * Camp Tonkawa

Order of the Arrow

 * Penateka Lodge

Organization

 * Big Thicket District
 * Sabine District
 * Spindletop District
 * Trinity District

Camps
Scott Scout Ranch formerly Camp Urland
 * Camp Urland Scout Reservation

Order of the Arrow

 * Hasinai Lodge

Neche Lodge 36, Second Oldest in the South until 1970 when the merger of Trinity Neches and Sabine Area required a combine lodge name change to Hasinai.

Yucca Council
Yucca Council serves Scouts in Texas and New Mexico in the El Paso area.

Organization

 * Geronimo District
 * Mescalero District
 * Polaris District
 * Sunshine District
 * Wapaha District
 * White Sands District

Camps

 * Black Range Cavalcade
 * Camp Dale Resler

Order of the Arrow

 * Gila Lodge

As the Boy Scouts of America has trademarked the phrase, "Scouting," there are no other organizations in the state who may use the term in reference to its program for boys.

Girl Scouts of the USA in Texas
There are 8 Girl Scout councils in Texas.

Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Girl Scouts of Central Texas (GSCTX) serves 46 counties and includes the former councils of: Girl Scouts — Bluebonnet Council, Girl Scouts — El Camino Council, Girl Scouts — Heart of Texas Council, Girl Scouts — Lone Star Council. In 2017, the Girl Scouts of Central Texas served 17,000 girls, ages 5–17 years, and over 12,000 adult volunteers in 46 counties. The council runs two residential camps: Camp Texlake and Camp Kachina.

Camps
Camp Texlake comprises 455 acre on Lake Travis. It was assigned to the former Girl Scouts — Lone Star Council by the Lower Colorado River Authority, and was dedicated on July 17, 1949. That summer nearly 400 girls attended camp. The dining facility overlooks Lake Travis itself. The council houses ten horses at this site as well as encouraging watersports. The camp can accommodate 335 overnight guests in a variety of situations.

Camp Kachina is on the shores of Lake Belton. It covers a total of 244 acre. Activities include archery, sailing, and water sports.

Program areas include STEM, Financial Literacy, Bullying Prevention, Outdoors, Travel, and many special interest troops such as Outdoor Adventure, Robotics, Harp Ensemble, and Mariners.

Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest – Southern New Mexico & West Texas
Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest brings together Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin, Girl Scouts of the Rio Grande and Girl Scouts - Zia Council. The merger on May 1, 2009, is part of the realignment of Girl Scout councils nationwide.(see Scouting in New Mexico).

Organization
Service Centers: Midland, TX; Odessa, TX; Alamogordo, NM; Artesia, NM; Carlsbad, NM; Deming, NM; Hobbs, NM; Las Cruces, NM; Roswell, NM; Silver City, NM;

Camps
Camp Mitre Peak is located in the Davis Mountains between Alpine and Fort Davis. There are three cabins, known as Kickapoo, Apache, and Seminole, located in Fern Canyon. There are also three tent units: Mescalero, Tonkawa, and Chippewa. These have views of Mitre Peak. The Janice Hill Mathews Amphitheater seats over 200 people and campfires are held here. The Pamela Catherine Haas Horseback Riding Arena, nicknamed Rebel Arena, gives girls the opportunity to participate in western riding and trail riding programs. The Laura Van Pelt Complex supports indoor activities. The complex consists of a pavilion and an educational building. The latter includes a kitchen and a darkroom. Alumni and supporters of the camp can join Troop Mitre.

Camps:
 * Camp Pioneer in Sunland Park, NM
 * Camp Mitre Peak in Fort Davis, TX

Girl Scouts - Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
Headquarters: North Little Rock, Arkansas

Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas
Formed by the merger of Girl Scouts Paisano Council and Girl Scouts — Tip of Texas Council in 2007.

Organization
Council Offices:
 * Corpus Christi, TX
 * McAllen, TX

Program Centers:
 * Laredo, TX
 * Victoria, TX

Camps

 * Camp Bayview is 18 acre near Bayview, TX along the Resaca de los Cuates. There are cabins and bungalows to accommodate campers. There is a swimming pool, amphitheater and a covered pavilion.
 * Camp Green Hill is spread over almost 50 acre and is located near Mathis, TX on Lake Corpus Christi. The site is mostly wooded. Small craft can be launched from the waterfront.

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
The Dallas Girl Scouts were established in December 1920 through the joint efforts of Mr. Elmer Scott and members of the Business and Professional Women's Club. In 1963, the Dallas Girl Scouts merged with the Chisholm Trail Girl Scout Council and began serving 11 counties as the Tejas Girl Scout Council. In 2007, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas was born through the merger of Cross Timbers, Red River Valley, and Tejas Councils.

Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas serves nearly 35,000 girls and 17,000 adults in 32 northeast Texas counties.

Council
Spanning 23,000 square miles, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas serves nearly 25,000 girls and 12,500 adults in 32 northeast Texas counties: Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Freestone, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt and Wood.

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
 * Mission:

To be the best organization to help girls thrive in the 21st century.
 * Vision:

Girl Scouts is the only organization that prepares every G.I.R.L. to practice a lifetime of leadership, by providing access to countless girl-led experiences, skill-building opportunities, and connections, because girls built of courage, confidence, and character make the world a better place.
 * Value Proposition:

Service Centers
There are a total of 8 service centers: Jo Ann Fogg (Headquarters), Collin Service Area Service Center, Denton Service Center, East Texas Service Center, Grayson Service Center, Highland Village Service Center, Paris Service Center, and Southern Sector Service Center.

Camps

 * Camp Bette Perot - A resident summer camp near Palestine, Texas, known for its equestrian program.
 * Camp Rocky Point - A resident summer camp on Lake Texoma founded in 1952.
 * Camp Whispering Cedars - 20 minutes from downtown Dallas
 * Camp Kadohadacho - on Lake Texoma
 * Camp Gambill - 54 acre near Paris, Texas. Initial bit donated in 1947 by John C. Gambill

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council was founded by Mrs. F. M. Law and Miss Corinne Fonde in 1922 in Houston.

Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council serves 26 counties in Southeast Texas, including Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.

Program Place and Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History
The Program Place and Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History opened in 2007. It is situated next to the headquarters building and is intended to function in harmony with the headquarters on the shared site. The Program Place includes a library, theater, Girl Scout shop, stage, café and a lounge for older girls, as well as a park with fire pit. The Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, in the same building, features a timeline from the start of the council in the 1920s until the present, and interactive displays. The building acquisition and renovation cost $5.6 million. The entrance canopy of the Program Place was designed and built by University of Houston graduate architecture students. The pavilion was represents a Girl Scout sash.

Camps
There are ten camps run by the council. Three of these form the Treelake Complex, a series of connected camps. Trails allow Girl Scouts to hike from Camp Misty Meadows to Camp Silver Springs via Camp Agnes Arnold.

Camp Agnes Arnold is a 479 acre camp near Conroe. Campers can be accommodated in tents, yurts, tree houses or cabin units. The camp offers canoeing and fishing on Shadow Lake. A nature trail encircles the lake. In total, there are 7 mi of hiking and cycling trails on the site. The Ann Temple Allen Lodge is air-conditioned. The Nature Center was opened on 2008-04-12. The center has over 4000 sqft of space and includes a workroom, classroom and exhibit hall, as well as overnight accommodations for two naturalists. A glass wall makes an indoor observation deck. There is also a pillared observation deck. Wood from around the site was used to build the center. The council received the 2008 Excellence in Wood Design Award from the Texas Forestry Association (TFA) for the Nature Center. In total, there are 7 mi of hiking and cycling trails on the site. The Ann Temple Allen Lodge is air-conditioned.

Camp Camwood covers 100 acre in Hockley. It is only operational during the daytime.

Camp Casa Mare is a year-round camping facility for Girl Scouts ages 8–17 years old. It is located on Galveston Bay in Seabrook, Texas and under ownership of the Girl Scouts San Jacinto Council. Camp Casa Mare was founded in 1958 and has offered sailing programs, aquatics, and sporting activities, not to mention performing arts and academic classes. Fencing is also offered to campers at this site.

The Galveston Boat Club (GBC) is a two-storey building on Galveston Island. Visitors sleep on the floor on the second storey. Adult leaders can be accommodated in a separate small building. The GBC is in a residential area. Visitors primarily use the GBC to visit the island's attractions.

Camp Misty Meadows is a 328 acre wooded camp located in Conroe. The main attraction of this camp is its horse riding facilities. In 2007, there was a herd of forty horses. Visitors sleep in cabins or dormitories.

Camp Myra S. Pryor includes air-conditioned cabins and a camping area. The activity center is also air-conditioned.

Camp Robinwood is a 206 acre camp in Willis. Campers are accommodated in platform tents, cabins or dorms. Swimming and canoeing is conducted on Lake Ann, a man-made reservoir donated to the camp by a family whose daughter, a Brownie Scout named Ann Winchell, died at age nine. There is also an outdoor swimming pool.

Camp Silver Springs is a wooded 131 acre camp located in Conroe.

Camp Whispering Pines is a 93 acre site located in Garrison. Swimming, canoeing and rope assisted hill climbing are all on offer at this site.

Camp Wind-A-Mere is located in Alvin. The Tejas unit had two teepees. These were destroyed in Hurricane Ike, but will be replaced. The Caddo unit has platform tents. Pine Meadows and the Chickasaw site are camping areas. During Hurricane Ike, a great oak tree fell on the lodge and half the building was declared unsafe and unrepairable.

Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas serves more than 19,000 girls and was established in 2007 from the San Antonio Area council plus a large section of the old El Camino council.

Organization
Counties served: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Frio, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, and Wilson from the San Antonio Area jurisdiction, Edwards, Dimmit, Kimble, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala from El Camino Council jurisdiction, Comal, Gonzales, and Guadalupe from Lone Star Council jurisdiction, and Karnes from Tip of Texas Council, now Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas jurisdiction.

Service Centers:
 * Avenida Guadalupe Girl Scout Center in San Antonio, TX

Camps

 * Camp La Jita is 236 acre on the Sabinai River near Utopia, TX. The land for it was donated in 1946 by the John F. Camp family. Campers sleep in cabins. An equestrian program is offered at this camp. La Jita means precious possession.
 * Camp Mira Sol is 47 acre overlooking the Guadalupe River and is near Waring, TX.

Houses:
 * Del Ro Girl Scout House in Val Verde county.
 * Eagle Pass Girl Scout Educational Center in Maverick county
 * Kerrville Girl Scout House in Kerr county
 * New Braunfels Girl Scout Hous in Comal county
 * Seguin Girl Scout House in Guadalupe county
 * Uvalde Girl Scout House in Uvalde county

Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains
Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains serves over 24,000 girls and 9,000 adult volunteers. It was formed by the merger in January 2008 of Girl Scouts of Caprock Council, Girl Scouts-Five Star Council, Girl Scouts Norcentex Council, and Girl Scouts Circle T Council. The first Girl Scout troop in Fort Worth was formed in 1924.

Organization
Regional Offices: Service Centers:
 * Abilene, TX
 * Amarillo, TX
 * Lubbock, TX
 * Wichita Falls, TX
 * Southlake, TX

 * Plainview, TX

Camps

 * Camp Kiwanis
 * Camp Rio Blanco
 * Camp Timberlake
 * Stevens Ranch
 * Camp Mel Davis
 * Camp Boothe Oaks

Scouting museums in Texas

 * Fred H. Poppe Museum, Amarillo, Texas
 * Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, Houston, Texas
 * National Scouting Museum, Irving, Texas
 * Worth Ranch Museum, Palo Pinto, Texas
 * Harbin Scouting Museum at Camp Wisdom, Dallas, Texas

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Scouting in Utah

Scouting in Utah 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.

History
The first known Boy Scout Troop was the Episcopalian Troop One led by Reverend Rice, a missionary to Utah. This troop assembled in 1907 and continued their meetings and camp-outs through 1910. The second known Boy Scout Troop got its start in Logan, Utah in 1910.

On May 21, 1913, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 15-month-old "Mutual Improvement Association Scout" program was officially invited to join the Boy Scouts of America. This started the first widespread movement in Utah Scouting. By 1928, the LDS Church had designated Scouting as the official activity program for its young men.

In 1916, the Logan Council (#588) was formed. It changed its name to the Cache Valley Council (#588) in 1922, changing it again in 1924 to Cache Valley Area Council (#588). In 1919, the Ogden Council (#589) was formed. It changed its name to the Ogden Gateway Area Council (#589) in 1922, changing it again in 1934 to Ogden Area Council (#589). In 1951, the Ogden Area Council changed its name Lake Bonneville Council (#589).

In 1920, Ogden Council Scout Executive, G.A. Goates, led 85 boys and Scoutmasters on a 14-day hike through Yellowstone National Park. According to the Department of the Interior, 3,800 feet of motion picture film was taken of the trip.

In 1916, the Salt Lake City Council (#590) was formed. It changed its name to the Salt Lake and South Davis Counties Council (#590) in 1926, changing it again in 1926 to Salt Lake City Area Council (#590). In 1951 it changed its name to Great Salt Lake Council (#590). In 1921, the Utah County Council (#591) was formed. In 1922 it changed its name to the Timpanagos Area Council (#591). In 1924, the Zion National Park Council (#670) was formed. In 1930 it merged with Timpanagos Area Council. In 1924, the Bryce Canyon Council (#671) was formed. In 1936 it merged with Timpanagos Area Council to become the Utah National Parks Council (#591).

Until its withdrawal in 2019, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remained a major sponsor of Scouting in Utah, however churches of other faiths, and other non-profit organizations continue to be sponsors of Utah Scouting programs. Most, if not all troops welcome those of all faiths to their program.

Until 1993, the Lake Bonneville Council and Cache Valley Council covered northern Utah. Those councils merged with the Jim Bridger Council (#639) to become the Trapper Trails Council. Along with the Great Salt Lake Council of central Utah and the Utah National Parks Council of southern Utah, the Trapper Trails Council became part of the Crossroads of the West Council (#590) in 2020 following the withdrawal of the LDS Church from scouting. The Snake River Council served Scouts in Idaho and Nevada, as well as Utah, prior to its merger into the Mountain West Council.

Boy Scouts of America in Utah today
Utah and adjacent parts of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming are currently served by Scouts BSA's Crossroads of the West Council.

Crossroads of the West Council
Crossroads of the West Council serves Scouts in Utah and adjacent areas of Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, and Idaho.

 * Old Ephrain District (1) – Idaho: Franklin, Bear Lake Counties; Utah: Box Elder, Cache, Rich Counties
 * Weber Rapids District (2) – Weber County; Morgan County
 * Jim Bridger District (3) – Wyoming: Lincoln, Uinta, Sublette, Sweetwater Counties; Utah: Daggett County
 * Thurston Peak District (4) – Davis County
 * Oquirrh Mountain District (5) – Salt Lake County (West of I-15 minus Draper and Sandy); Tooele County
 * Wasatch Peaks District (6) – Salt Lake County (East of I-15 including Draper and Sandy); Summit County
 * Timpanogos District (7) Utah County North (Orem and all cities north); Wasatch, Duchesne, Uintah Counties
 * Silver Sage District (8) – Utah County South (Provo and all cities south); Juab, Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan Counties
 * Spanish Trails District (9) – Sanpete, Millard, Sevier, Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Iron, Garfield, Washington, and Kane Counties in Utah, Lincoln County in Nevada, the Arizona Strip

Great Southwest Council
The Great Southwest Council of BSA is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and provides Scouting to youth in northern New Mexico, northeast Arizona, Utah south of the San Juan River, and the Durango and Mesa Verde areas of Colorado.

Girl Scouting in Utah
Two Girl Scout councils serve Utah.

History
Girl Scouting in Utah started in 1920 in Ogden, Utah and the first troops registered in Salt Lake City in 1921. In 1961 the current major council in Utah, Girl Scouts of Utah, was founded by the merging of several smaller councils.

Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council
In Utah, Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, serves girls living on the Navajo Nation in southern Utah.

Girl Scouts of Utah
Girl Scouts of Utah, headquartered in Salt Lake City, serves over 9,000 girls in Utah and West Wendover, Nevada.

 * Service Centers:
 * Northern Utah Service Center in Riverdale, Utah
 * Central Utah Service Center in Orem, Utah

 * Camps
 * Camp Cloud Rim is 27 acre at over 9000 ft by Lake Brimhall in the Wasatch Mountains near Park City, Utah.  It was built by the Utah Works Progress Administration in the early 1930s. Originally named Camp Pinar, it was renamed to Camp Cloud Rim in 1937.  The Lodge was destroyed by fire in 1992 but rebuilt and named the Janet Quinney Lawson Lodge. The new lodge was dedicated on August 14, 1999, and Janet Quinney Lawson was in attendance for the ceremony. In 2013, the Girl Scouts of Utah council officially bought 236 acres of land just south of Cloud Rim from Silver Islet Lake Partners. The land has a conservation easement on all but 18 acres, so the Girl Scouts plan to build some rustic cabins, but will mostly preserve the land.
 * Trefoil Ranch is 123 acre near Provo, Utah. It was built in 1943 by volunteers. In 2002, a new lodge was built and dedicated in 2003 featuring new restrooms, a classroom facility, and a new showerhouse.

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Scouting in Washington (state)

Scouting in the US state of Washington officially began in the 1910s.

History
In 1910, a Spokane, Washington Boy Scout leader, the Reverend David Ferry, created a troop under the name of Girl Guides of America. The Girl Guides did not expand much beyond the local area. In 1911, the Girl Scouts of America (not to be confused with the current Girl Scouts of the USA) and the Girl Guides planned to merge with the Camp Fire Girls to form the Girl Pioneers of America, but relationships fractured and the merger failed.

Founded in 1919, Camp Parsons is the oldest continuous running Boy Scout camp west of the Mississippi River and one of the oldest continually running Boy Scout camp in the United States on its original location. It sits on Jackson Cove, part of the Hood Canal, on the Olympic Peninsula, just north of Brinnon, Washington, and just south of Quilcene, Washington. The original land for the camp was donated by Reginald Parsons in 1918.

Camp Black Mountain was founded as a campsite near Maple Falls, Washington which served Western Washington since 1929.

Recent history, sale of camp
In 1993, Tumwater Area(#737), Twin Harbors Area (#607), and Mount Rainier (#612) merged to form the Pacific Harbors Council (#612). In 1992, the North Central Washington Council (#613) and the Fort Simcoe Area Council (#614) merged to become the Grand Columbia Council (#614).

In 1987, Inland Empire Council changed its name to the Inland Northwest Council (#611). In 1992, Lewis-Clark (#108) and Idaho Panhandle (#110) councils merged into Inland Northwest. In 1956 the Olympic Area Council was formed, merging into Chief Seattle in 1974. In 1994, the Mount Baker Area (#603) and Evergreen Area (#606) councils merged to become the Mount Baker (#606).

By 2012, the Mount Baker Council was working with an "annual operating loss of about $50,000 for each of the past five years", and was looking to sell the Whatcom County camp, even though that camp, and Camp Fire Mountain Skagit County, were still profitable. It was purchased by a private company in 2015 which has renovated the site. It is being rented out as of 2023.

Boy Scouts of America in Washington today
There are seven Boy Scouts of America (BSA) local councils in Washington.

Blue Mountain Council
With headquarters in Kennewick, Washington, the Blue Mountain Council serves Scouts in Washington and Oregon.

History
In 1923, the Blue Mountain Council (#604) was formed. In 1926, the Umatilla Council (#738) (in Oregon) was formed, merging into Blue Mountain in 1927. In 1926, the Eastern Oregon Area Council (#760) (in Oregon) was formed, merging into Blue Mountain in 1932.

Organization
The council has six districts:
 * Columbia River District serves Kennewick and Finley, Washington
 * Eastern Oregon District serves Baker, Wallowa, Union, Grant, and Wheeler counties, Oregon
 * Oregon Trail District serves Umatilla, Wheeler, Gilliam, and Morrow counties, Oregon
 * Pioneer District serves Walla Walla and Columbia Counties, Washington
 * Rattlesnake Ridge District serves Richland, West Richland, and Benton City, Washington
 * White Bluffs District serves Franklin County, Washington

Camps
The Council does not operate a summer camp.
 * Camp Wallowa in Joseph, Oregon
 * Martin Scout Camp near Pendleton and Pilot Rock, Oregon

Order of the Arrow lodge

 * Wa-La-Moot-Kin Order of the Arrow Lodge

Cascade Pacific Council
Cascade Pacific Council serves Scouts in Oregon and Washington.

Chief Seattle Council
The Chief Seattle Council serves the main parts of Puget Sound and Seattle areas including the Olympic Peninsula.

Grand Columbia Council
Located in central Washington and based in Yakima, the Grand Columbia Council serves the Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan, Yakima and portions of Adams, Benton, Ferry and Klickitat Counties.

History
In 1923, the Columbia District Council (#605) was formed, and ended in 1924.

In 1922, the Wenatchee Council (#613) was formed, and changed its name to North Central Washington (#613) in 1924.

In 1919, the Yakima Council (#614) was formed, and changed its name to Yakima County (#614) in 1924. It changed its name to Yakima Valley Area (#614) in 1925. It changed its name again in 1942 to Central Washington Area (#614), and again in 1954 to Fort Simcoe Area (#614).

In 1992, the North Central Washington Council (#613) and the Fort Simcoe Area Council (#614) merged to become the Grand Columbia Council (#614).

Organization
The council is now divided into three districts Highland District, Basalt Coulee District, and Simcoe District. It has one service center in Yakima.

Camps
The council operates four camps:

 * Camp Fife off of Highway 410 near Bumping Lake
 * Camp Bonaparte between Tonasket and Republic on Highway 20
 * Camp Scout-A-Vista outside Wenatchee, and

Order of the Arrow lodge

 * Tataliya Lodge 614

Inland Northwest Council
With headquarters in Spokane the Inland Northwest Council serves Scouts in Washington and Idaho.

The Inland Northwest Council provides the communities and volunteers with a council service center. The council service center has a Scout Shop and staff to answer questions, provide training and resources, and is able to take registrations for summer camp or events.

In 2009, the council sponsored a statue in Spokane. Titled Footsteps To The Future, it honors community mentors.

History
In 1919 the Nez Perce County Council (#108) (In Idaho) was founded. It changed its name to Lewiston (#108) in 1922. In 1925, it changed its name to Lewis-Clark Area (#108). In 1928 it merged into Spokane Area (#611). In 1922 the Bonner-Boundary Council (#106) (In Idaho) was founded. It merged into the Shoshone County Council (#110) in 1926. In 1918 the Shoshone County Council (#110) (In Idaho) was founded. In 1923, it became the Shoshone-Kootenai Council (#110). In 1928, it changed its name to the Idaho Panhandle Council (#110).

In 1915 the Spokane Council (#611) was founded. It changed its name in 1925 to Spokane Area (#611) in 1925. In 1921 the Palouse Council (#611) was founded, and it merged into the Spokane Area Council (#611) in 1927. In 1931, Spokane Area changed its name to the Inland Empire Council (#611).

In 1987, Inland Empire Council changed its name to the Inland Northwest Council (#611). In 1992, Lewis-Clark (#108) and Idaho Panhandle (#110) councils merged into Inland Northwest.

Organization
The council has four districts:
 * Three Rivers District - Northern Spokane, Stevens and Pend Orielle counties
 * Bigfoot District - South Spokane County, Lincoln County, Adams County
 * Mountain Lakes District - Kootenai, Bonner, Boundary, Northern Shoshone, and Benewah counties in Idaho
 * Appaloosa District - Whitman, Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Clearwater counties

Camps

 * Camp Easton in Harrison, Idaho
 * Camp Grizzly in Harvard, Idaho
 * Cowles Scout Reservation in Newport, Washington

Order of the Arrow

 * The Es-Kaielgu Order of the Arrow Lodge serves the council

Mount Baker Council
The Mount Baker Council of the BSA serves Scouts in the Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan counties of Washington.

History
In 1918, the Bellingham Council (#603) was formed. It changed its name to Whatcom County (#603) in 1926. In 1923, the Skagit County Council (#610) was formed. In 1929, Whatcom County and Skagit County councils merged to become the Mount Baker Area Council (#603). In 1918, the Everett Council (#606) was formed. It changed its name to Evergreen Area (#606) in 1941. In 1994, the Mount Baker Area (#603) and Evergreen Area (#606) councils merged to become the Mount Baker (#606).

Organization
The council is made of the following districts:
 * Pilchuck District: Serves Arlington, Camano Island, Clearview, Darrington, Gold Bar, Granite Falls, Index, Lake Stevens, Lakewood, Maltbey, Marysville, Monroe, Snohomish, and Stanwood.
 * Salish Sea District: Serves Bothell, Brier, Edmonds, Everett, Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, and Silver Firs.
 * North Cascade District: Serves Skagit County, Whatcom County, the islands of Whidbey, Fidalgo, and the San Juans.

Camps

 * Fire Mountain Scout Reservation] in Mt. Vernon, Washington
 * Camp Black Mountain in Maple Falls, Washington was sold in 2015 and no longer operates as a council camp.

Order of the Arrow
The council's Order of the Arrow lodge is Sikhs Mox Lamonti #338. which was created in 1995 through the merger of Kelcema Lodge #305 and Quilshan #325. Sikhs Mox Lamonti translates to "Friends of two mountains", which is a reference to the Mount Baker Council's camps Black Mountain and Fire Mountain.

Pacific Harbors Council
The Pacific Harbors Council of serves the scouts in the Pierce, King, Mason, Thurston, Pacific and Grays Harbor Counties of Washington State. The council operates one Scout camp: Camp Thunderbird. In 1994 the Mount Rainier Council, Tumwater Area Council, and Twin Harbors Council merged to form the Pacific Harbors Council. The council operates two service centers. The main office is located in Tacoma, Washington and the other is located at Camp thunderbird outside of Tumwater, Washington.

History
In 1918, the Hoquiam Council formed. It closed in 1919. In 1918, the Chehalis Council formed. It closed in 1921. In 1926, the Tumwater Area Council (#737) formed. In 1923, the Grays Harbor County Council (#607) formed, changing its name to Twin Harbors Area Council (#607) in 1930. In 1918, the Tacoma Council (#612) formed, changing its name to Pierce County Council (#612) in 1924. It changed its name again in 1927 to the Tacoma Area Council (#612), and once more in 1948 to Mount Rainier Council (#612). In 1993, Tumwater Area(#737), Twin Harbors Area (#607), and Mount Rainier (#612) merged to form the Pacific Harbors Council (#612).

Organization

 * Olympic District
 * Rainier District

Camps

 * Camp Thunderbird in Olympia, Washington provides council resident Cub Camp, and serves as a council training center used for NYLT, Wood badge, and Territory training conference.

Order of the Arrow lodge

 * Nisqually Lodge Order of the Arrow serves the council.

Girl Scouting in Washington
There are three Girl Scout councils serving Washington.

Girl Scouts of Western Washington
This council was formed by the merger of Pacific Peaks and Totem Councils on October 1, 2007. Administrative offices are located in Seattle, Washington. The new council serves over 26,000 girls.

 * Camps:
 * Girl Scout Camp Evergreen is 76 acre near Longview, Washington
 * Girl Scout Camp Klahanee is 78 acre near Hoquiam, Washington
 * Girl Scout Camp Lyle McLeod is 60 acre near Belfair, Washington
 * Girl Scout Camp River Ranch is 430 forested acres in Carnation, Washington including Lake Langlois and is by the Tolt River
 * Girl Scout Camp Robbinswold is 540 acre on the Hood Canal near Lilliwaup, Washington
 * Girl Scout Camp St. Albans is 414 acre near Belfair, Washington
 * Girl Scout Camp Towhee is roughly 100 acres (0.4 km2) near Peaceful Valley, Washington

Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Girl Scouts Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho was formed on May 1, 2007, by the merger of Girl Scouts Mid-Columbia Council and Girl Scouts Inland Empire Council. It serves Eastern Washington and North Idaho, an area also known as the Inland Empire.

 * Service Centers:
 * Sandpoint, Idaho
 * Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
 * Lewiston, Idaho
 * Tri-Cities, Washington
 * Yakima, Washington

 * Camps:
 * Camp 4 Echos is 230 acre on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho.

Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington
This council was established on October 1, 2008, and serves girls in Clark and Skamania counties.

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Scouting in Wyoming

Scouting in Wyoming 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.

Early history (1910–1950)
The Cheyenne Council was founded in 1920, and in 1925 changed its name to the Southeastern Wyoming Council. The Council merged into Longs Peak Council in 1928.

In 1917, the Casper Council (#638) was formed, changing its name to Casper Area Council in 1925. It reformed in 1918, merging into Central Wyoming Council (#638)  in 1931.

In 1920, the Sheridan Council (#640), changing its name to Sheridan County Council in 1922; changing its name again to Sheridan Area Council in 1926.

In 1929, the Central Wyoming Council (#638) was formed.

In southwestern Wyoming the Jim Bridger Council was headquartered in Rock Springs, Wy. The Jim Bridger Council had a Scout Camp at New Fork Lakes on the northwestern slope of the Wind River Mountains. The Jim Bridger Council encompassed the Green River Basin and included the Woodruff and Randolph Utah Area. Towns included in the council were Rock Springs,  Green River, Pinedale, Big Piney, Kemmerer, Opal,  Mountain View,  Lyman, Fort Bridger and Evanston. The council was merged with two councils in Utah in the early 1990s. The council was home to Order of the Arrow Lodge 529 – Tatanka.

During World War II, Norman Mineta was detained in the Heart Mountain internment camp near Cody, Wyoming, along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans. While detained in the camp, Mineta, a Boy Scout, met fellow Scout Alan K. Simpson, future U.S. Senator from Wyoming, who often visited the Scouts in the internment camp with his troop. The two became, and have remained, close friends and political allies.

Recent history (1950–1990)
In 1954 the National Order of the Arrow Conference was held at the University of Wyoming.

Boy Scouts of America in Wyoming today
There are four Boy Scouts of America (BSA) local councils in Wyoming.

Black Hills Area Council
Black Hills Area Council serves Scouts in South Dakota and Wyoming. Black Hills Area Council is headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Adventure West Council
In May 2021 Greater Wyoming Council merged with Longs Peak Council to form the Adventure West Council. Spanning over half of the state of Wyoming, the Greater Wyoming Council (Central Wyoming Council before 2016) provides service for boys from age 8 to 21. Greater Wyoming Council is headquartered in Casper, Wyoming.

Organization
The Council is composed of seven Districts.

 * Bighorn
 * Frontier
 * Golden Plains
 * Shoshone
 * Thunder Basin
 * Tri-Trails
 * Wapiti

Camps
Camp Buffalo Bill lies seven miles east of the East Gate of Yellowstone National Park in the Shoshone National Forest. The camp is ideal for troops wishing to have both a Scout camp experience and tour the nation's first national park. Camp Buffalo Bill is also the home of the Yellowstone High Adventure Outpost, a high adventure program where scouts can participate in one of four core areas: Trek, Climbing, Paddlesports, and Winter.

Grand Teton Council
Grand Teton Council is the result of a merger between the Tendoy Area Council and Idaho Falls Council, and serves Scouts in both Idaho and Wyoming.

Trapper Trails Council
The Trapper Trails Council is headquartered in Ogden, Utah. Trapper Trails Council was formed from a merger between Jim Bridger Council, Lake Bonneville Council and Cache Valley Area Council, and serves Scouts in southwestern Wyoming, southern Idaho, and northern Utah.

Girl Scouting in Wyoming
The Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming with headquarters in Billings, Montana serves Wyoming. There is a service center in Casper, Wyoming as well as several camps.

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