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About
Pack 341: Pack 341 was formed in 1989 when Doris Cullins Lakepointe Elementary was built. Boys who previously attended Virginia Reinhardt and were now attending DCLP left Pack 939 and became Pack 341. The first year, the packs held joint den meetings until everyone was acclimated. Please email the webmaster if you have any history to add! Previous Cubmasters include Page Nelson and Larry Fulton. The pack remains strong today, celebrating its 20th Anniversary, along with the 100th anniversary of Scouting!
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Scouting History:
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Baden-Powell greatly enjoyed the outdoors,
learning about nature and how to live in the
wilderness. After returning as a military hero
from service in Africa, Baden-Powell discovered
that English boys were reading the manual on
stalking and survival in the wilderness he had
written for his military regiment. Gathering
ideas from Ernest Thompson Seton, Daniel Carter
Beard, and others, he rewrote the manual as a
nonmilitary nature skill book and called it
Scouting for Boys. To test his ideas,
Baden-Powell brought together 22 boys to camp at
Brownsea Island, off the coast of England . This
historic campout was a success and resulted in
the advent of Scouting. Thus, the imagination
and inspiration of Baden-Powell, later
proclaimed Chief Scout of the World, brought
Scouting to youth the
world over.
Born
in Scotland, Ernest Thompson Seton immigrated to
America as a youth in the 1880s. His fascination
with the wilderness led him to become a
naturalist, an artist, and an author, and
through his works he influenced both youth and
adults. Seton established a youth organization
called the Woodcraft Indians, and his background
of outdoor skills and interest in youth made him
a logical choice for the position of first Chief
Scout of the BSA in 1910. His many volumes of
Scoutcraft became an integral part of Scouting,
and his intelligence and enthusiasm helped turn
an idea into reality.
and naturalist, Daniel Carter Beard was a
pioneering spirit of the Boy Scouts of America.
Already 60 years old when the Boy Scouts of
America was formed, he became a founder and
merged it with his own boys' organization, the
Sons of Daniel Boone. As the first national
Scout commissioner, Beard helped design the
original Scout uniform and introduced the
elements of the First Class Scout badge. "Uncle
Dan," as he was known to boys and leaders, will
be remembered as a colorful figure dressed in
buckskin who helped form Scouting in the United
States .
In
1909, Chicago publisher William D. Boyce lost
his way in a dense London fog. A boy came to his
aid and, after guiding the man, refused a tip,
explaining that as a Scout he would not take a
tip for doing a Good Turn. This gesture by an
unknown Scout inspired a meeting with Robert
Baden-Powell, the British founder of the Boy
Scouts. As a result, William Boyce incorporated
the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910 .
He also created the Lone Scouts, which merged
with the Boy Scouts of America in 1924.
Executive of the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
Although orphaned and physically handicapped, he
had the perseverance to graduate from law school
and become a successful attorney. This same
determination provided the impetus to help build
Scouting into the largest and most effective
youth organization in the world. When he retired
in 1943, Dr. West was recognized throughout the
country as the true architect of the Boy Scouts
of America.