Scouting in Indiana 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)
Indianapolis is home to Troop 9, founded by "Chief"
Francis Oliver Belzer
Firecrafter is a service organization within the Boy Scouts of America. Formed in 1920, the Firecrafter Organization mainly operates within the Crossroads of America Council, Indiana, but has been known to exist in other areas including Illinoi ...
in 1910, one of the first Scout troops in America.
Belzer founded Firecrafter at Camp Chank-Tun-Un-Gi (now called Camp Belzer) in the summer of 1920. Belzer also served as the first Scout Executive for the Indianapolis Council, later known as the Central Indiana Council.
The first
National Order of the Arrow Conference
The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) is a multi-day event where Order of the Arrow delegates from all lodges gather for training and activities. NOAC usually takes place on a university campus in the United States. NOACs are held ev ...
was held at
Indiana University
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in 1948.
Recent history (1950-2010)
In 1950, 1956, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1990, 2002, 2009 and 2018, the National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) was held at Indiana University in Bloomington, the most frequent venue for the event. In 1994, NOAC was held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Boy Scouts of America in Indiana today
There are nine
Boy Scouts of America
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(BSA) local councils in
Indiana
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. All of Indiana lies within Central Region, except for Clark, Scott, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford, and Washington counties, as part of Southern Region.
Anthony Wayne Area Council
Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana and covering 11 counties in Northeast Indiana — Adams, Wells, Jay, Huntington, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley, Kosciusko.
*Lincolnway District (Whitley and Kosciusko Counties)
*Pokagon District (DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben)
*Three Rivers District (Learning for Life)
*Summit District (within 469)
*Wabash Valley District (Adams, Huntington, Jay, Wells)
Features Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation with Camp Chief Little Turtle
Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation
The Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation is a
Scouts BSA
Scouts BSA (known as Boy Scouts until 2019) is the flagship program and membership level of Scouting America
Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations i ...
camp located near
Ashley, Indiana
Ashley is a town in Indiana located on the border of Smithfield Township, DeKalb County and Steuben Township, Steuben County. The population was 1,026 at the 2020 census.
History
Ashley was platted and incorporated on July 18, 1892 when the ...
,
United States
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.
The reservation has three key areas: Camp Chief Little Turtle (CCLT), Camp Foellinger, and Camp Wilderness.
*Camp Chief Little Turtle is the main camp. It has many activity centers, such as a waterfront, handicraft, outdoor skills, Project C.O.P.E., and other typical features of a Scouts BSA camp.
*Camp Foellinger is used mainly for special events, such as
Cub Scout
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camp, National Youth Leadership Training, and Order of the Arrow events.
*Camp Wilderness contains the Jack Zeiger Ropes Course — used for C.O.P.E. and rock climbing — and Orion, an area used for camping and wilderness survival training.
Buffalo Trace Council
The Buffalo Trace Council is based in Evansville, Indiana that serves southwestern
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
and southeastern Illinois. Its affiliated
Order of the Arrow
The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the honor society of Scouting America, composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Promise, Scout Oath and Scout Law, Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. It was founded as a camp fr ...
lodge is Kiondaga Lodge.
Camps
The Buffalo Trace Council has operated four camps throughout its existence, three of which are still in existence. Camp Arthur, located near
Vincennes
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, opened in 1945 and was removed from the list of BSA-approved camping facilities for a time in the mid-1990s. Camp Carnes, located between
Jasper
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and Dubois, has since changed ownership to the City of
Jasper
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Pike County, Indiana
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opened in 1985 on the site of an abandoned
strip mine
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operated by the
Old Ben Coal Company
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and was the council's current primary summer camp location, until a lack of funding forced the council to cease having summer camps there.
Camp Pohoka
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was the previous summer camp location, but was shut down when OBSR was opened.
Districts
=Algonkian (formerly Three Rivers)
=
*
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*Edwards County, Kansas
*Edwards County, Texas
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*Perry County, Alabama
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*Perry County, Indiana
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* Perry Cou ...
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*Newburgh, Lancashire, a village
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Posey County
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*
Vanderburgh County
Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 180,136. The county seat is in Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the eighth-largest county in 2020 population in Indiana, it is also the eighth-s ...
Pathway to Adventure Council is based in Chicago, Illinois and covers much of its metro area, including the north-west corner of Indiana.
Crossroads of America Council
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Crossroads of America Council (BSA Council #160) serves Scouts and Scouters in Central Indiana. It was initially formed when Central Indiana Council, Delaware County Council, Kikthawenund Council, and Whitewater Valley Council merged in 1972.
Hoosier Trails Council
The Hoosier Trails Council, BSA serves in 18 counties in south-central Indiana, and to more than 6,000 youth each year.
History
The Hoosier Trails Council is the result of several council mergers.
In 1921, the Bartholomew County Council (#150) was founded. During the late 1920s, it merged into the Hoosier Hills Area Council (#150), founded in 1928.
In 1928 the Lost River Area Council was founded. In 1931 it was absorbed into the White River Area Council (#145), founded in 1927.
In 1973, White River and Hoosier Hills merged to form the Hoosier Trails Council (#145).
Organization
*Muscatatuck District (Hoosier Hills District and Lenni Lenape District merged in 2019) serving Dearborn, Jefferson,
Ohio
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Switzerland
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,
Bartholomew
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,
Jackson
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Jennings
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*Jennings (Swedish noble family)
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Counties
*Wapehani District (Miami District and Valley Trails District merged in 2008) serving
Brown
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,
Monroe
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,
Morgan
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* ...
&
Owen
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* Owen (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
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...
Counties
*White River Trails District (Lincoln Trails District and Southern Trails District merged in 1990) serving
Lawrence
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,
Orange
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,
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* Port Martin, Adelie Land
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* M ...
Greene
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*Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community
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* Greene, Maine, a town
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Counties
Camps
Resident summer camp is held at Maumee Scout Reservation, located on Lake Tarzian in the
Hoosier National Forest
The Hoosier National Forest is a property managed by the United States Forest Service in the hills of Southern Indiana, southern
Indiana. Composed of four separate sections, it has a total area of . Hoosier National Forest's headquarters are loc ...
. Maumee first opened in 1972 for White River Council as a replacement for its previous camp, Camp Wapehani in Bloomington, Indiana which had been divided by a recent re-alignment of State Road 37. The property is near in
Norman
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, Indiana. Lake Tarzian is named after
Sarkes Tarzian
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who led the capital campaign to build the camp.
Until 2023, the council also possessed Camp Louis Ernst in
Dupont
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. Louis Ernst was founded in 1928 and operated by Hoosier Hills Council until its merger with White River Council to form Hoosier Trails Council in 1973. After this, Louis operated as a summer camp until 1983 when it was reduced to primitive camping. The camp was officially transferred to a group known as the Friends of Camp Louis Ernst in 2023.
Order of the Arrow
Nischa Chuppecat Lodge (#212) is Hoosier Trails' Order of the Arrow Lodge. It was founded in 1973 as the merger of Wazi Yata (#290) and So-Aka-Gha-Gwa (#212) lodges.
Both So-Aka-Gha-Gwa and Wazi Yata can trace back their heritage to other organizations separate from the Order of the Arrow.
The predecessor to So-Aka-Gha-Gwa, the Order of The Golden Arrow, was founded at Cataract Falls in the late 1930s and became So-Aka-Gha-Gwa Lodge in 1941.
The predecessor to Wazi Yata, the Order of the Wazi Yata, was founded at Camp Louis Ernst in 1934 and became Wazi Yata Lodge in 1945.
Nischa Chuppecat and So-Aka-Gha-Gwa have collectively hosted the National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) at Indiana University eleven times as of the summer of 2018, the most of any lodge in the nation.
La Salle Council
La Salle Council serves Scouts in Indiana and
Michigan
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.
Districts
*Algonquian District
*Dunes Moraine District
*Pioneer Trails District
*Potawatomi District
Camps
* Wood Lake Scout Reservation
**Camp Tamarack is approximately 250 acres and is the summer camp facility located on the north side of Big and Little Wood Lake. Tamarack has 17 campsites, 3 winter lodges, 18 staff cabins, shower house, health lodge, director's lodge, dining hall, cook's cabin, quartermaster building, trading post, administration building, conservation pavilion, rifle range, archery range, waterfront, athletic field, and parade field.
**Camp Will Welber is approximately 10 acres and is used as a training area. This camp is located on the south side of Big Wood Lake. Facilities consist of a storage building, central shower, and two staff cabins.
**Camp Dan Beard and Jim Bridger are located on the south side of Big Wood Lake and are approximately 80 Acres each. These are both Leave No Trace camping areas. They offer no amenities, except for their abundant natural beauty.
*Camp Topenebee
*Rice Woods Camp
Lincoln Heritage Council
The George Rogers Clark Council was formed by Scouts of
Clark
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Harrison
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* Harrison (name)
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Australia
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
Canada
* Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Port H ...
Scott
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Canada
* Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec
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, and
Washington
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** A ...
counties in 1927, and merged with Old Kentucky Home Council in 1993 to form the Lincoln Heritage Council, which serves Scouts in
Kentucky
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and
Indiana
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. The Council absorbed the Shawnee Trails Council of western Kentucky (and part of southern Illinois and northwestern Tennessee) in April 2012 to serve scouts in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee.
John Work House and Mill Site, Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation
Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation is a
Scouts BSA
Scouts BSA (known as Boy Scouts until 2019) is the flagship program and membership level of Scouting America
Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations i ...
camp just outside
Charlestown, Indiana
Charlestown is a city located within Charlestown and Utica Townships, Clark County, Indiana, United States. The population was 7,775 at the 2020 census.
History
Early History and Founding
Charlestown was established in 1808, named after one ...
, owned by the Lincoln Heritage Council. In 1917 local Troop 3 decided to use the property as a summer camp, as it would for three summers. The George Rogers Clark Council shortly after 1927 bought Tunnel Mill from the Murphy family, who had bought the property the previous year but lost interest after a mill fire. In 1933 the three-sided wooden Pioneer Village cabins were built. In 1942 the Scoutmaster's Cabin and Evergreen cabins were completed. In 1950 the McDonald Bridge was completed across
Fourteen Mile Creek
Fourteen Mile Creek, shown as Fourteenmile Creek on federal maps, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 creek in Clark County, Indiana, close to Charlestown, ...
. The camp saw its greatest use in the 1950s and 1960s, with 564 Scouts, the highest attendance ever, in 1960. In 1969 the swimming pool was built, to replace the creek, now-unsafe for swimming. By the 1980s the lessening attendance made the future of the camp uncertain. When the George Rogers Clark Council, which owned the property, merged with Old Kentucky Home Council, one of the conditions was that Tunnel Mill would not be closed. Since 1993 the camp has been used primarily by
Cub Scouts
Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with some Scouting, Scout organizations, for young children, usually between 8 and 12, who are too young to be Scouts and make the Scout Promise. A participant in the program is called a Cub and a gro ...
and for winter camping. The property includes a cabin village, a swimming pool, and a dining hall built in 2000. The new dining hall replaced the one from the 1980s that once served as a steakhouse in Jeffersonville.
On November 6, 1996, Andy Campbell, a ranger serving as Tunnel Mill's caretaker, was shot to death by Roger Caldwell, "a diagnosed, paranoid schizophrenic" who trespassed onto the property while drunk. This was the first such incident in the history of Scouting. Campbell was able to drag himself to call 911. After police arrived on the scene to get information about the drunk from Campbell, they found Caldwell wandering on Indiana Highway 62. Caldwell was sentenced to 70 years in prison, with parole possible after 31 years.
Prairielands Council
Prairielands Council, previously the short-lived ''Illiana Council'', has its headquarters in
Champaign, Illinois
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, and also serves Scouts in
Indiana
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.
Sagamore Council
The Sagamore Council was founded in 1973 by a merger of the Three Rivers Council (Headquarters in
Logansport, IN
Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo.
Hi ...
), Mesingomesia Council (Headquarters in
Marion, IN
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) and the Harrison Trails Council (Headquarters in
Lafayette, IN
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). The council offices were eventually consolidated to a single office in Kokomo, Indiana. The council maintains two camps: Camp Cary, (near Lafayette, IN) used as a Cub Scout day camp and Camp Buffalo, (near Buffalo, IN - north and east of
Indiana Beach
Indiana Beach is an amusement park located on Lake Shafer in Monticello, Indiana. The resort was developed by the Spackman family, who owned it from 1926 to 2008. The park was then sold to Morgan RV LLC, Apex Parks Group, LLC, and now is owned an ...
) used as a Scouts BSA summer camp. The camp properties of Green Hills and Crossland were sold. Camp Green Hills was south and west of Lafayette, IN. Mesingomesia Council's Crossland Scout Reservation near
Columbia City, Indiana
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was sold to the
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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in 1992 and is now called the Deniston Resource Area (named after a fallen DNR Conservation Officer). The camp was located on Robinson Lake, one of the last natural lakes in Indiana with almost no development. This was due in large part to the camp which encompassed almost three-fourths of the shoreline.
A few things make Sagamore Council unique:
#
Purdue University
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, in West Lafaytte, IN, hosted the 1994 National Order of the Arrow Conference.
# Weaver Popcorn (which markets Trail's End Popcorn) is produced in Van Buren, Indiana.
# Ramsey Popcorn (which markets Campmasters Popcorn) is produced in Ramsey, Indiana.
# George O. Crossland was a Scout Executive who served the prior Mesingomesia Council. He was known for more notable Scouting functions including creating an honorary that rivaled the Order of the Arrow—TI-PI-SA, the Order of the Red Lodge. Crossland Scout Reservation was named after him.
Districts
* North Star District, serving Cass, Fulton, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski & White counties
* Peshewa District, serving Blackford, Grant, Howard, Miami and Wabash counties
* Wabash Valley District, serving Benton, Carroll, Tippecanoe, Warren & Northern Fountain counties
Camps
The Sagamore Council currently operates two camps:
* Cary Camp- Lafayette, Indiana
* Camp Buffalo - Buffalo, Indiana
Girl Scouting in Indiana
There are 5 Girl Scout councils that serve Indiana.
On August 26, 2006, Girl Scouts of the USA's (GSUSA) national board of directors voted to endorse a plan to realign 312 councils into 109 high-capacity, community-based councils. The new structure will make the most effective use of resources to better serve the local community and create more opportunities in Girl Scouting for even more girls. Girl Scouts of Central Indiana was the first Girl Scout council in the nation to complete the merger process.
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
Formed by the merger of Girl Scouts of Hoosier Capital Council, Covered Bridge Girl Scout Council, Girl Scouts of Treaty Line Council, Girl Scouts of Sycamore Council, and Girl Scouts of Wapephani Council, and the addition of Howard and Carroll Counties from Girl Scouts of Tribal Trails Council.
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana serves over 36,000 girls in 45 counties in Central Indiana.
Council headquarters is
Indianapolis, Indiana but service centers remain in cities that were the headquarters of former councils
Web Site:
Camps and cabins
* Camp Sycamore Valley near Lafayette is on Wildcat creek.
* Camp Na Wa Ka in Poland, Indiana is
* Camp Gallahue in Morgantown
* Camp Dellwood in
Indianapolis
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Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
See
Scouting in Illinois
Scouting in Illinois has served youth since 1909. The state was the home of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) founder, William D. Boyce.
Early history (1910 – 1950)
In 1946, the National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at Chanute Fiel ...
for more information. The former Scouts of The Calumet Council and Drifting Dunes Girl Scout Council became part of this council.
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana
See
Scouting in Kentucky
Scouting in Kentucky 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. Kentucky has a very early Scouting heritage, as the home state of Daniel Carter Bea ...
for more information. Serves many counties in southern Indiana
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana
This is a new council includes more than 18,240 Girl Scouts in northern Indiana (
Adams
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* Adams, Decatur County, Indiana
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,
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,
Cass
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Huntington
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LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaLaPorte,
Marshall
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*Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
** Marshall railway station
Canada
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,
Miami
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,
Noble
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Noble may also refer to:
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* Noble Glacier, King George Island
* Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land
* Noble Peak, Wiencke Island
* Noble Rocks, Graham Land
Australia
* Noble Island, Gr ...
St. Joseph
According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus.
Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orth ...
Steuben Steuben or Von Steuben most commonly refers to Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian-American military officer, or to a number of things named for him in the United States. It may also refer to:
Places
*Steuben Township, Marshall C ...
Cass
Cass may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Cass (surname), a list of people
* Cass (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Big Cass, ring name of wrestler William Morrissey
* Cass, in British band Skunk Anansie
* Cass, ...
, in southwest Michigan.
Formed by the merger of Indiana Lakeland Girl Scout Council, Girl Scouts of Limberlost Council, Girl Scouts of Singing Sands Council (except for a part that joined Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan), and Girl Scouts of Tribal Trails Council (except for a part that joined Girl Scouts of Central Indiana).
Website:
Camps
*Camp Logan - near
Syracuse, Indiana
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*Camp Shawadasee — near
Lawton, Michigan
Lawton is a village in southeastern Van Buren County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,900 at the 2010 census.
History
The Village of Lawton came into existence in 1848 when the Michigan Central Railroad reached this destination. ...
*Camp Singing Hills - near
Middlebury, Indiana
Middlebury is a town in Middlebury Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It is located approximately 35 miles east of South Bend, 130 miles east of Chicago, Illinois, and 165 miles north of Indianapolis. Middlebury is nestled in Nort ...
*Camp Soni Springs - near
Three Oaks, Michigan
Three Oaks is a village in Three Oaks Township, Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,370 at the 2020 census.
The village of Three Oaks is located in the southwest corner of Michigan, just 5 miles from the shores o ...
*McMillen Program Center - in northeast Indiana
*Wildwood Program Center - in
Logansport, Indiana
Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash River, Wabash an ...
Girl Scouts of River Bluffs Council
Headquarters is Glen Carbon, Illinois
website:
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Headquarters is Cincinnati, Ohio
website:
See Scouting in Ohio for more information
Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana
Headquarters is
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...
. It serves Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry, Posey, Gibson, Martin, Pike, Daviess, and Dubois Counties in Indiana and White County in Illinois.
website:
Located in south-west Indiana and also a small part of Illinois. It was formed after a previous realignment in September 1957.
Camps
*Camp Koch in
Cannelton, Indiana
Cannelton is a city in Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana, Troy Township, Perry County, Indiana, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,524 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Cannelton ...
*Carmi Little House in
Carmi, Illinois
Carmi () is a city in and the county seat of White County, Illinois, United States, along the Little Wabash River, where the population was 5,240 at the 2010 census.
History
Carmi post office has been in operation since 1817, and then a WPA ...
*Camp Three Lakes
Camp Koch has a
sycamore
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Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore:
* ''Acer pseudoplatanus'', a ...
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 (January 31February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to Moon landing, land on the Moon, and the first to land in the Geology of the Moon#Highlands, lunar highlands. It was the las ...
mission to the
Moon
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Michikinikwa
Little Turtle () (1747 July 14, 1812) was a Sagamore (chief) of the Miami people, who became one of the most famous Native American military leaders. Historian Wiley Sword calls him "perhaps the most capable Indian leader then in the Northwest ...
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Indiana
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