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Scouting in Colorado
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Colorado Springs Boy Scout Troop 27 at the Weather Forecast Office in Pueblo, Colorado
Colorado Springs Boy Scout Troop 27 at the Weather Forecast Office in Pueblo, Colorado
 
Denver Area Council
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Headquarters Denver, Colorado
Country United States
Founded 1915
Membership 61,057 youth in 2010
President C. David Kikumoto
Council Commissioner James E. Blair
Scout Executive/CEO John G. Cabeza
Website
www.denverboyscouts.org
 
Longs Peak Council
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Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Greeley, Colorado
Country United States
Membership 10,534 youth in 2012
President Allen Ginsborg
Council Commissioner Mary Donaldson
Scout Executive/CEO John Coleman, Jr.
Website
www.longspeakbsa.org
 
Ben Delatour Scout Ranch
Owner Longs Peak Council
Location Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Country United States
Website
camps.longspeakbsa.org
 
Pikes Peak Council
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado
Country United States
Website
pikespeakbsa.org
 
Camp Alexander
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Owner Pikes Peak Council
Country United States
 
Rocky Mountain Council (#063)
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Pueblo, Colorado
Country United States
 
Western Colorado Council (#064)
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Grand Junction, Colorado
Country United States
 
Girl Scouting in Colorado
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Girl Scouts of Colorado Map
Country United States
 
Girl Scouts of Colorado
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Headquarters Denver, Colorado
Country United States
Website
girlscoutsofcolorado.org
 

Scouting in Colorado has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the rugged, mountainous environment in which they live.

Scouting got a brisk start in Colorado. The Denver Council was founded in 1915, and in 1926 changed its name to the Denver Area Council, which it remains to this day.

The Colorado Springs Council was founded in 1916, and in 1922 changed its name to the El Paso and Teller Counties Council. That council in 1925 changed its name to Pikes Peak Council, which it remains to this day. Pikes Peak Council is home to the oldest continually-chartered troop in the state of Colorado, Troop 2, originally chartered to Colorado Springs' First Presbyterian Church in October, 1917.

The Greeley Council was founded in 1916, and in 1924 changed its name to the Weld and Morgan Counties Council. That council in 1928 changed its name to Longs Peak Council, which it remains to this day. The Fort Collins Council and Longmont Council, each founded in 1917, merged in 1919 into what is now the Longs Peak Council. The Boulder Council, also created in 1917, was merged in to the Council in 1920. The Southeastern Wyoming Council of Cheyenne merged into Longs Peak Council in 1928.

The Trinidad-Las Animas County Council, founded in 1917, changed its name to the Las Animas County Council in 1924. This and the Arkansas Valley Council, founded in 1924, merged in 1927 to become the Spanish Peaks Council. The Pueblo Council was founded in 1920, and in 1928 changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Council, which it remains to this day. The Spanish Peaks Council merged into Rocky Mountain Council in 1932.

The Western Colorado Council was founded in 1942, and is one of the very few councils that have not undergone a namechange or merger in their entire history.

During World War II, Japanese Americans interned at the Granada War Relocation Center set up a separate Amache District for Scouts at the camp, after the camp's unofficial name Camp Amache.


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