Upcoming Events

Saturdays April 20, June 1, & Oct 12, 2024 SHSCI Quarterly Member Meetings  9 AM to 1 PM at the Optimist Cabin, 22464 N Main St, Morton IL.. Guests welcome, email an officer on our contacts list for info

 

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istory of Wilderness Camp 1961 to 1973 

The Scout Camp was renamed 

W P Ingersoll Scout Reservation in 1974. This 43 page document was written by Mike Stobaugh, with contributions from SHSCI & past camp staff members


Troop 5 Peoria, Illinois 1916

Boy Scout Feature in the Feb. 2021 Morton Courier

Please see the following Boy Scout feature articles from the February 2021 issue of the Morton Courier. Many great stories about scouting in the Central Illinois community!

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Page 5:
- Local Air Force Veterans make scouting a family affair
- Will you answer the call? Volunteers needed at Cub Scout Day Camp

Page 6:
- Germantown Hill scouts attend leadership training program
- Dutch oven cooking in the great outdoors

Page 7:
- The history of Morton Cub Scout Pack 85
- Morton Cub Scout Pack 85 Pinewood Derby tradition continues
- Bench project allows MGS students to once again sit comfortably while waiting for parent pickup
- Cub Scouts have fun while building character with Pack 76

Page 8:
- Find fun, adventure, service with Scouts BSA Troop178
- Scouts instill, develop leadership skills 

Page 9:
- Lasting friendships made at World Jamboree
- Scouts soar to new personal heights through Eagle Projects
- Scout testimonial 'My week of summer fun at Camp Tomahawk'
- Order of the Arrow-- The Brotherhood of Cheerful Service
- Scouts of Troop 178 continue proud tradition
- Troop 178 girls, boys making it work together

Page 10: 
- Getting started with the girls
- Boy Scout Troop 163 celebrates historical milestone
- Newly formed troops 206, 2206 looking ahead to many adventures
- Coming soon- "Ga Ga Ball" at Washington Park
- Cub Scout Pack 206 provides cheerful service at Widow Pantry

Page 11: 
-Troop 163's 100th Eagle Scout revitalizes Meadow Valley Park
- Scouting helps members in 'finding the balance'
- Crossover ceremony an honor for all scouts
- Eagle project makes reading easier for visually impaired elderly
- Learning leadership skills through scouting

Page 12: 
-Washington Cub Scout Pack 73 marks 50 years of scouting history

Page 13:
-Scout 'Spirit' still aglow in Washington Pack 168


Ingersoll Scout Reservation / Wilderness Camp Staff Totems

The camp now known as Ingersoll Scout Reservation first opened for the 1965 summer camp season as Wilderness Camp.  A 50th Anniversary was celebrated in 2015.  In honor of the many summer camp staffs, all known camp staff totems are on display in the Wilderness Training Center at camp.
To view the totems Click Here

A Scout is Reverent album updated

The album "A Scout is Reverent" has been updated with the addition of the 2014 Scout Mass patch from St. Mary's in Peoria.
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The Eagles Nest - members and patch history

An 'Eagles Nest' patch has floated around in patch collections for years, with the current collectors knowledge of the patch origin being somewhat vague.  Many questions, few answers, until a meeting with someone who had some 'paper' and then a day spent at the Peoria Library researching vintage Peoria newspapers.  Read this short summary of the earliest Eagle Scouts from Peoria and a group they formed called the Eagles Nest in the late 1920s.  And then the resurrection of the groups' name in 1943.
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Klondike Derby - Patch Pictorial History - Updated!

See the updated Klondike Derby Patch Pictorial History, updated with six more new patches, 2013-2014, lacking only the 2014 Lowaneu District Klondike Derby patch.  As you peruse the pages, you'll note space left for several known patches, just need an actual patch to scan or a high quality resolution scan, can you help?  If so, email Steve Cantrell (see Member Email list linked from the homepage).
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Starved Rock Council / Camp Ki-Shau-Wau / Nee-Schoock Lodge - Alumni Reunion

Calling all Scouts / Scouters from Starved Rock Council, Camp Ki-Shau-Wau Staff, and Order of the Arrow Nee-Schoock Lodge members...Please join us June 8th, 2013 from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Ottawa Historical and Scouting Heritage Museum.
Reunion Flyer