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How the Boy Scouts really got started
A new book on how scouting got started. For five decades, an American scout secretly mentored the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell - This book tells the story!
The Pine Tree Web
Lewis P. Orans is one of modern day Scouting's best historians. Over the years he has done fantastic research on Scouting and then published it on his "Pine Tree Web" site in style. Any Scout Historian could spend hours on this great site!
Scouting Archives . com
A new site with historical documents about Scouting. Follow Scouting from patrol hikes to National events with over 200 full size newspapers. These newspaper articles were published between 1899 and the present.
Scouting History & Traditions
Randy Worchester is one of Scouting's finest historians. He has spent years working on this site and compiling its data. Here you can find out about Scoutings founders and its history.
Scouting Milestones
'Milestones in Scouting' is simply the most extensive Scout History site on the net. Every page is the result of original research and has unique images. It has the most extensive chronology currently available linking back to the web articles. Enjoy!
The USSSP's Scouting History Pages
Here the tune for "Official Boy Scout March" by John Phillip Sousa and browse hundreds of links fo Scouting History sites, including all of the World Jamborees.
Researching Scout History - A Guide
Researching the Scout history of your area or local unit can be a lot of fun. It is not hard to do & can provide you with many interesting facts about your community. Here are several ways that have been found by Frank T. Hilton to aid Troop Historians.
Internet Boy Scout Museum
Also known as the Billy Moore Memorial Scout Museum, this site has a huge, fast-growing exhibition of BSA literature freely available to all.
Boy Scout Handbooks 1910 - Today
A comprehensive site the details the evolution of the Boy Scout handbook over the years by Colorado's Troop 97, a very interesting site with images of all past handbooks.
Changing Role of Women in Cub Scouting
In Cubbing's earliest days, the role of women was restricted. Things have changed! Timelines shows changes in the program as it relates to women from the 1930's to the present.
Exploring Program History in the USA
Exploring began as a senior program in early Boy Scout troops. These older boys carried out high- adventure activities and service projects, and gave leadership to young Scouts. This site reviews the changes through 1994, before Learning For Life.
Historical Evolution of Scouting
Steve Henning provides historical details on a wide range of topics including the handclasp, JLT, The Modern CR (Chartered Rep.), Venuring, Cub Scouting & other topics.
History of BSA Senior Scouting Programs
This site is dedicated to recording this various "Senior Scouting" Programs (for those 13/14 and older) in the BSA. Since its establishment in 1910, many such programs have come & gone including what they were about, insignia, uniforms, literature, etc.
History of Firecrafter
The official history of the Firecrafter honor camping fraternity in central Indiana
History of Sea Scouting in the U.S.A.
Sea Scouting in America was founded in 1912. That year, Arthur A. Carey of Waltham, Massachusetts, had Sea Scouts using the schooner Pioneer and was appointed Chairman of the National Council Committee on Sea Scouting.
History Of The Hornaday Awards
The first and only comprehensive history of the Hornaday Awards program including the awards program that preceded it. Thoroughly researched using unpublished Hornaday letters, rare books and other information. Includes pictures of the original awards.
Michigan Tipisa Campsite - Scout History
Welcome to the Michigan Tipisa Campsite. This site contains ideas for Scouting events and Histories of Scouting Organizations, Camps, Events, Awards and People.
Origin of the World Scouting Symbol
In Scouting's early years, critics accused B-P of trying to turn boys into soldiers, holding up as evidence the Scout symbol, which they called
Scout History Association
This is the Web page where you can find incisive history on Scouting. Many of the details you will find in the Web pages associated with this History Association, you will not find elsewhere. Formally known as "Scout History Club"
Scouting during the war years 1939-1945
On the Pinetree web, this massive site is a reprint of the book "THE LEFT HANDSHAKE" written by Hilary St. George Saunders.
Scouting for a Quote
Quotes by famous people on Scouting as well as some figures from Scouting's past. A Fact Sheet from the BSA's website.
Scouting History Quiz
Check out this interactive quiz on the history of Scouting, sponsored by the The ScoutingOnline.com website team
Scouting License Plates
License plate collecting is as old as the automobile, with some of the first porcelain license plates dating back to 1903. License plates with Scouting themes are a much more recent phenomena that are currently gaining in popularity across the nation.
Scouting's Honor Societies - A History
While just about everyone involved in the Boy Scout organization knows about the Order of the Arrow, many people don't know much about the "other" honor societies and honor programs that existed in various scout councils and camps. From the USSSP
Scouts in Fiction
Movings, Songs, Television - Scouts have made their way into the American Mainstream many times. This site from the USSSP details those references.
The African Seeds of Scouting
The South African Scout Association has done remarkable research giving us a collection of African Heritage in Scouting, from Ashanti to Zulu.
The Boy Scout: Two Statues Paper
Robert Tait McKenzie was a remarkable man - surgeon, physical educator, artist, and sculptor. He created two of the most famous sculptures of Scouting and this page compiles information from a number of sources.
The History of Cubbing
A chronology of Cubbing milestones from the decades prior to 1930 all the way to the millennium!
The Story Of A Good Turn
This page gives a recount of How Scouting Started in the United Stated with William D. Boyce meeting a scout in a London Fog.
The Yucca Patrol Idea
The Yucca Patrol Idea Military-type drills were a part of early Scouting. The USSSP has archived a history of this early concept from Bob Myers
Virtual Museum of Boy Scouting
A virtual museum of Boy Scouting in America from 1910 to 1919. The site has numerous of items on display as well as a cultural history of Boy Scouting during the first decade.
West Texas Scout History
History of four Boy Scout Councils in West Texas from 1910 to present. There are some 234 pages of history and hundreds photos that go back as far as 1910, the year Scouting was chartered by Congress.
Wood Badge History
From Kudo Horns and guided discoveries, from Walking Wood Badge & Cub Trainer Wood Badge all the way to the "Wood Badge for the 21st Century" here you can see the evolution of Scouting's ultimate training program.

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