San Gabriel Valley Council

San Gabriel Valley Council #40
OwnerBoy Scouts of America
HeadquartersPasadena, California
LocationLos Angeles County
CountryUnited States
FoundedJanuary 1, 1919
DefunctJuly 2015
Website
https://www.glaacbsa.org
 Scouting portal

Located in Los Angeles County, California's San Gabriel Valley, the Boy Scouts of America's San Gabriel Valley Council (#40) was one of five councils serving Los Angeles County. It was headquartered in Pasadena.

Greater Los Angeles Area Council (GLAAC) is a new Boy Scouts of America Council made from the merger of the Los Angeles Area Council and the San Gabriel Valley Council. The vote to merge was held on March 21, 2015.[1] The new name for the council, Greater Los Angeles Area Council, was announced on June 11, 2015. The new council centers is in Los Angeles. Due to the large size of the two original councils, the merger was a process which was completed over a time span, and finished in 2017.

GLAAC has three Scout shops in Los Angeles, San Pedro and Arcadia.[2] GLAAC operates eight BSA camps in the greater Los Angeles area.[3][4]

History

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With the founding of the BSA in 1910, the first goal of the San Gabriel Valley Scout leaders was to organize as new troops. Paid professionals, many of whom were YMCA leaders, were recruited to spread the new Scouting program. They were sent out into the San Gabriel Valley towns to organize new troops and recruit leaders. By March 1919, there were nine active troops with 190 boys in the SGV. The Pasadena Council (also known as the Pasadena District Council) of the Boy Scouts of America was organized March 3, 1919, with jurisdiction over Pasadena, Altadena and Lamanda Park.

A charter was granted by the BSA National Headquarters dated April 1, 1919 to the Pasadena District Council. Tallman Trask was hired to be the first Scout Executive. He had been a District Executive for the Los Angeles Council. He had also served as Los Angeles' camp director. Prior to joining the BSA, Trask was an executive for the YMCA and had run several camps for them. By October 1, 1919, there were 15 active troops with 299 scouts.

The council's name was changed in 1929 to Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Council to better reflect the geographic area served by the council. In 1951 the name was changed to San Gabriel Valley Council to shorten it and better identify the 29 cities and towns it served.[5]

Organization

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Former districts of the San Gabriel Valley Council:

Camps

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Former Holcomb Valley Scout Ranch
Holcomb Valley Scout Ranch was formerly part of Old Baldy Council. The Scout Ranch was turned over to the San Gabriel Valley Council in 2005. The Old Baldy Council took title to the property in 1965 from William Hitchcock. The Hitchcock Ranch is still part of the Holcomb Valley Scout Ranch.[28] Guy Reide, Old Baldy's Scout Executive (1949–1966), in 1965 worked with William Hitchcock to have the ranch turned into a Scout camp. Loren Baldwin became the first camp ranger, and Holcomb Valley held its first Boy Scout summer resident camp in 1974. The camp is named after William F. Holcomb,[29] who discovered gold there and staked a claim in May 1860 with his partner. Holcomb became known for his marksmanship. After 10 years of prospecting he still had no major success. As food sources were diminishing, some of the prospectors hired Holcomb to hunt for grizzly bear to provide food for the long winter months. While trailing a bear up Polique Canyon he found Holcomb Valley. Tracking the injured animal, he passed a quartz ledge shining with gold.[30]
Bonanza and many other western films and TV shows were shot in Holcomb Valley.[31][32] For a short time under Old Baldy Council the camp was called "Camp Lipscomb" after US Congressman Glenard P. Lipscomb.

Trask Scout Reservation

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Trask Scout Reservation
LocationMonrovia, California
Coordinates34°11′31″N 117°57′45″W / 34.1919°N 117.9625°W / 34.1919; -117.9625 (Trask Scout Reservation)
Website
https://www.glaacbsa.org/trask

Trask Scout Reservation is in Monrovia, California in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. It is located above the sawpit dam off of Monrovia Canyon Park.[33] Camp Trask offers Cub Scout programs, family camp programs and Boy Scout programs on a year-round basis. The camp has a full size fort used for many program activities, called Fort Rotary. The camp is in a riparian zone ecosystem. The canyon stream and the camp are shaded by deciduous trees, white alders and bigleaf maples, evergreen canyon and coast live oaks.

History

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Originally known as Monrovia Scout Reservation, Camp Trask was purchased in 1966. The camp was dedicated as Tallman H. Trask Scout Reservation on May 13, 1972.

Camp Cherry Valley (closed)

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Camp Cherry Valley
LocationSanta Catalina Island, California
Coordinates33°27′01″N 118°30′11″W / 33.4503°N 118.503°W / 33.4503; -118.503 (Camp Cherry Valley)
Website
http://www.sgvcbsa.org/programs/camping/camp-cherry-valley

Camp Cherry Valley is a summer camp on the leeward side of Catalina Island, California, which is owned and operated by the Greater Los Angeles Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. It is located two coves north of Two Harbors at Cherry Cove. The camp, valley, and cove get their name from the Catalina cherry trees native to the island.[34] It also offers non-scouting programs on a year-round basis.

Ta Tanka Lodge

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Ta Tanka Lodge
HeadquartersPasadena, California
LocationLos Angeles County
CountryUnited States
FoundedMay 31, 1952
Defunct2016
Website
http://www.tatankalodge.org/

The San Gabriel Valley Council's Order of the Arrow lodge[35][36] was the Ta Tanka Lodge (#488). In 2016 the Ta Tanka Lodge merged with the Siwinis OA Lodge to form the new lodge: Tuku'ut. Its totem is the Saber-Toothed Cat.[37] Ta Tanka Lodge started with 120 members who chose the Sioux word ta tanka meaning "bull buffalo" as its name and as their totem a white buffalo.[38]

The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). The OA's Ta Tanka Lodge has three goals: recognize outstanding Scouts, promote BSA camping and provide cheerful service to the SGVC, including its districts,[39] Packs and Troops.[40]

Since 1933 the Ta Tanka Lodge has hosted a weekend campout on the weekend after Thanksgiving, called Desert Caravan, held in various campgrounds in the Mojave Desert.[41] Caravan was later moved to Labor Day weekend camp at Camp Holcomb Valley. Caravan is open to troops and families of the SGVC with events like treasure hunt, team games, dutch oven cobbler cook-off, chili cook-off and a campfire program.[42]

Ta Tanka Lodge has four local chapters:

  • Hunkpapa[43]— Lucky Baldwin and Mission Amigos Districts
  • Kiowa — Golden Eagle District[44]
  • Oglala Lakota — Rose Bowl District[45]
  • Teton Dakota — Valle Del Sol District[46]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ scoutsunited.org, SGVC/LAAC UNITED - UPDATES
  2. ^ Los Angeles, San Pedro Scout Shops[usurped]
  3. ^ GLACC (SGVC) BSA camps
  4. ^ LACC BSA Camps[usurped]
  5. ^ Hook, James; Franck, Dave; Austin, Steve (1982). An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation.
  6. ^ Golden Eagle District website
  7. ^ a b c d e f "GLACC, San Gabriel Valley Council | Boy Scouts of America". Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  8. ^ Golden Eagle District history
  9. ^ Lucky Baldwin District website
  10. ^ a b c "San Gabriel Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America: 2006-2007 Council Calendar, Activity Planning Guide, and Business Directory". Pasadena, CA: San Gabriel Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America. 2006. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ Valle Del Sol District website
  12. ^ "Holt Scout Ranch". Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  13. ^ Holt Scout Ranch Camp staff 1966
  14. ^ Holt Scout Ranch, camp patch, Old Dobbs
  15. ^ roadonmap.com, Camp Cumorah Crest
  16. ^ Forest Lawn Foundation Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Mt. Lowe History
  18. ^ ALTADENA: The official Timeline of Altadena History, compiled by Mike Manning
  19. ^ Map of CAMP HUNTINGTON Rd, Altadena, CA 91001
  20. ^ getmap Camp San Antonio
  21. ^ Cal. Hometown map Camp San Antonio
  22. ^ Topo Zone Camp San Antonio
  23. ^ "Holcomb Valley Scout Reservation". Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  24. ^ Big Bear Discovery Center website
  25. ^ modernhiker.com on Bertha Peak
  26. ^ USFS camps
  27. ^ Holcomb Valley Camp Ground map
  28. ^ Big Bear historical timeline
  29. ^ Holcomb Valley Gold Discovery Archived April 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine by L. Burr Belden
  30. ^ Big Bear Country - Holcomb Valley
  31. ^ Topo Quest map of Holcomb Valley
  32. ^ Filming locations for "Bonanza" (1959) from imdb.com
  33. ^ The Sawpit Canyon Fire Road (2N30)
  34. ^ Prunus lyonii, CATALINA CHERRY
  35. ^ tatankalodge.org Lodge_History
  36. ^ OA history from U. S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. Website
  37. ^ GLAAC Order of the Arrow - Tuku'ut Lodge
  38. ^ tatankalodge.org history
  39. ^ Organization of the Boy Scouts of America from U.S. Scouting Service Project, Inc. website
  40. ^ BSA OA website
  41. ^ tatankalodge.org, Desert Caravan 2011
  42. ^ Caravan 2013
  43. ^ Hunkpapa website
  44. ^ Kiowa website
  45. ^ Oglala Lakota website
  46. ^ Teton Dakota website
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