When did scouting start in US?

Answer 1

The answer to the question when did Scouting Start in the US, is contained in Colin Walker's book, 'The Dawn of the World Scout Movement', published in 2008. The small town of Burnside Kenntucky had a Scout Group formed formed by Mrs Myra Greeno Bass who visited Great Britain in early 1908. On her return home she formed the Eagle Troop with her husband Willam. The boys wore red kneckerchiefs. Horace Smith was the first troop leader. The troop established in 1908 predated the BSA by two years. The Eagle troop were not the only 1908 Scout Group formed under American 'jurisdiction'. In the same publication as above Scout Historian Colin Walker details the formation of a Scout Group in an American College/School in Smyrnia, Asia Minor called 'The American Collegiate Institute for Boys. The group was documented in the 14th November edition of the UK Scout Magazine. Colin Walker . Author Scouting Milestones www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk

Answer 2

There were several scouting movements underway in the US such as the Woodcraft Indians and Sons of Daniel Boone as early as the late 1800's.

In 1907 Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell England took his first group of boys to Brownsea Island for what he termed an experiment in scouting. He wrote "Scouting for Boys" in 1908 and is commonly credited with starting the World Scouting Movement we know today. Different sources often list either 1907 or 1908 as the date.

William Boyce brought Powell's scouting ideas over to the US after encountering scouts in England and founded the BSA in 1910. The other scouting organizations already present in the US quickly folded into the new BSA.

The first Boy Scout troop in America was organized slightly before that in Pawhuska, Oklahoma (Osage County), in May 1909 by Reverend John F. Mitchell, a missionary priest from England sent to St. Thomas Episcopal Church by the Church of England. Rev. Mitchell, who had been associated in scout work with Lord Baden-Powell in England, organized the troop of Boy Scouts under English charter and equipped them with English uniforms, manuals, and badges.

Answer 3

Most would say that the start of scouting was in 1907 when Robert Baden-Powell held the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island in England.

"BP" published "Scouting for Boys", the first hand book in 1908.

Answer 4

scouting was started in the UK by lord baden Powell in 1907

Answer 5

England