Chief Cornplanter Council
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| Bucktail Council #509 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | DuBois | ||
| Scout Executive | Gregg Bennett | ||
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| Washington Crossing Council(#777) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Doylestown | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| President | William Pfundt | ||
| Scout Executive | Magne Gundersen | ||
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| Chester County Council #539 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Location | West Chester | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Scout Executive | Charles E. Rogers, Jr. | ||
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| Chief Cornplanter Council#538 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Warren | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Scout Executive | Ray Tennent (Acting) | ||
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| Columbia-Montour Council #504 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Bloomsburg | ||
| President | Nancy Bishop | ||
| Commissioner | Russell DeVore | ||
| Scout Executive | Paul Knox | ||
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| Cradle of Liberty Council #525 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Philadelphia | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 39°57′32″N 75°10′32″W / 39.959°N 75.17552°W | ||
| Founded | 1996 | ||
| President | T. Roderick Henkels | ||
| Council Commissioner | Stephen Perrone | ||
| Scout Executive | Thomas Harrington | ||
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| French Creek Council #532 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Erie | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1972 | ||
| President | Chris Rodgers | ||
| Scout Executive | Duane Havard | ||
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| Hawk Mountain Council #528 | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Reading | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Founded | 1970 | ||
| President | Daniel Adams | ||
| Scout Executive | William Garrett | ||
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| Juniata Valley Council CSP (#497) | |||
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| Owner | Boy Scouts of America | ||
| Headquarters | Reedsville | ||
| Country | United States | ||
| Scout Executive | James Kennedy | ||
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Troop 152 Scouts, Philadelphia, at Scout Sunday Service at the St Francis de Sales church
Valley Forge Trail Medal
Girl Scout working on her Gold Award Project
Camp Archbald Sign
Scouting in Pennsylvania has a long and rich tradition, from 1908 to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
One of the earliest Scouting groups in Pennsylvania began in 1908 in Pottsville, when a Superintendent with the Pennsylvania State Police, Lynn G. Adams, formed a troop using Baden-Powell's handbook, Scouting for Boys. The troop was made up of two patrols, one sponsored by the Pottsville Mission and the other by the YMCA. Adams became the first Scoutmaster in Pennsylvania in 1910 soon after the BSA was incorporated. The oldest Pennsylvania Scout troop still in existence is "Troop Bala One" in Bala Cynwyd, which was founded in 1908 by Frank H. Sykes.
The first council in Pennsylvania was the Delaware & Montgomery County Council in 1911. This council eventually became the former Valley Forge Council, now part of the Cradle of Liberty Council.
Sixteen councils were chartered in America between 1910 and 1913. The seventeenth was the Warren County Council headquartered in Warren, Pennsylvania. This council later changed its name to Chief Cornplanter Council and is still in operation. It is currently the oldest existing, continuously registered council in America. The other preceding 16 councils either went out of business or merged with another council at some point in their history. The information for this paragraph was provided by the Registration Department of the National Office of the BSA, Irving, Texas, in October 2007.
Also in 1913, the Philadelphia Council opened the first American scout camp, Treasure Island Scout Reservation, near Point Pleasant. Two years later, Dr. E. Urner Goodman and Carrol Edson founded the Order of the Arrow, which inducted its first members on July 16, 1915 at Treasure Island.
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