Editing Scouting in Indiana (section)

==Boy Scouts of America in Indiana today==
[[File:Indiana BSA Councils.png|thumbnail|BSA Councils serving Indiana.]]
There are nine [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) local councils in [[Indiana]]. All of Indiana lies within Central Region, except for Clark, Scott, Floyd, Harrison, Crawford, and Washington counties, as part of Southern Region.

===Anthony Wayne Area Council===
Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana and covering 11 counties in Northeast Indiana&nbsp;— Adams, Wells, Jay, Huntington, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Whitley, Kosciusko.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Wayne Area Council |url=http://www.awac.org}}</ref>

*Lincolnway District (Whitley and Kosciusko Counties)
*Pokagon District (DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben)
*Three Rivers District (Learning for Life)
*Summit District (within 469)
*Wabash Valley District (Adams, Huntington, Jay, Wells)

Features Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation with Camp Chief Little Turtle

====Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation====
The '''Anthony Wayne Scout Reservation''' is a [[Scouts BSA]] camp located near [[Ashley, Indiana]], [[United States]].

The reservation has three key areas: Camp Chief Little Turtle (CCLT), Camp Foellinger, and Camp Wilderness.
*Camp Chief Little Turtle is the main camp. It has many activity centers, such as a waterfront, handicraft, outdoor skills, Project C.O.P.E., and other typical features of a Scouts BSA camp.
*Camp Foellinger is used mainly for special events, such as [[Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scout]] camp, National Youth Leadership Training, and Order of the Arrow events.
*Camp Wilderness contains the Jack Zeiger Ropes Course&nbsp;— used for C.O.P.E. and rock climbing&nbsp;— and Orion, an area used for camping and wilderness survival training.

===Buffalo Trace Council===
The '''Buffalo Trace Council''' is based in Evansville, Indiana that serves southwestern [[Indiana]] and southeastern Illinois.  Its affiliated [[Order of the Arrow]] lodge is Kiondaga Lodge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buffalo Trace Council |url=http://www.buffalotracecouncil.org}}</ref>

====Camps====
The Buffalo Trace Council has operated four camps throughout its existence, three of which are still in existence.  [[Camp Arthur]], located near [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]], opened in 1945 and was removed from the list of BSA-approved camping facilities for a time in the mid-1990s.  Camp Carnes, located between [[Jasper, Indiana|Jasper]] and [[Dubois, Indiana|Dubois]], has since changed ownership to the City of [[Jasper, Indiana|Jasper]] and is run as a park.  [[Old Ben Scout Reservation]] (OBSR), located in [[Pike County, Indiana]] opened in 1985 on the site of an abandoned [[strip mine]] operated by the [[Old Ben Coal Company]] and was the council's current primary summer camp location, until a lack of funding forced the council to cease having summer camps there.  [[Camp Pohoka]] was the previous summer camp location, but was shut down when OBSR was opened.

==== Districts ====

=====Algonkian (formerly Three Rivers)=====
*[[Edwards County, Illinois|Edwards County]]
*[[Gibson County, Indiana|Gibson County]]
*[[Knox County, Indiana|Knox County]]
*[[Lawrence County, Illinois|Lawrence County]]
*[[Richland County, Illinois|Richland County]]
*[[Wabash County, Illinois|Wabash County]]

=====Lincoln Heritage=====
*[[Dubois County, Indiana|Dubois County]]
*[[Perry County, Indiana|Perry County]]
*[[Pike County, Indiana|Pike County]]
*[[Spencer County, Indiana|Spencer County]]
*[[Warrick County, Indiana|Warrick County]] (excluding the Newburgh area)

=====Native Trails=====
*[[Gallatin County, Illinois|Gallatin County]]
*[[Newburgh, Indiana|Newburgh]]
*[[Posey County, Indiana|Posey County]]
*[[Vanderburgh County, Indiana|Vanderburgh County]]
*[[White County, Illinois|White County]]

===Pathway to Adventure Council===
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Pathway to Adventure Council is based in Chicago, Illinois and covers much of its metro area, including the north-west corner of Indiana.

===Crossroads of America Council===
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Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Crossroads of America Council (BSA Council #160) serves Scouts and Scouters in Central Indiana.  It was initially formed when Central Indiana Council, Delaware County Council, Kikthawenund Council, and Whitewater Valley Council merged in 1972.   

===Hoosier Trails Council===
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The Hoosier Trails Council, BSA serves in 18 counties in south-central Indiana, and to more than 6,000 youth each year.<ref name="About Us">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.hoosiertrailsbsa.org/726 |access-date=2020-02-25 |website=Hoosier Trails Council}}</ref>

====History====
The Hoosier Trails Council is the result of several council mergers.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hook |first1=James |url=https://www.angelfire.com/tx6/patch/cspbook.html |title=An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation |last2=Franck |first2=Dave |last3=Austin |first3=Steve |year=1982}}</ref>

In 1921, the Bartholomew County Council (#150) was founded. During the late 1920s, it merged into the Hoosier Hills Area Council (#150), founded in 1928.

In 1928 the Lost River Area Council was founded. In 1931 it was absorbed into the White River Area Council (#145), founded in 1927.

In 1973, White River and Hoosier Hills merged to form the Hoosier Trails Council (#145).

====Organization====
*Muscatatuck District (Hoosier Hills District and Lenni Lenape District merged in 2019) serving [[Dearborn County, Indiana|Dearborn]], [[Jefferson County, Indiana|Jefferson]], [[Ohio County, Indiana|Ohio]], [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]], [[Switzerland County, Indiana|Switzerland]], [[Bartholomew County, Indiana|Bartholomew]], [[Jackson County, Indiana|Jackson]], [[Decatur County, Indiana|Decatur]], & [[Jennings County, Indiana|Jennings]] Counties
*Wapehani District (Miami District and Valley Trails District merged in 2008) serving [[Brown County, Indiana|Brown]], [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe]], [[Morgan County, Indiana|Morgan]] & [[Owen County, Indiana|Owen]] Counties
*White River Trails District (Lincoln Trails District and Southern Trails District merged in 1990) serving [[Lawrence County, Indiana|Lawrence]], [[Orange County, Indiana|Orange]], [[Martin County, Indiana|Martin]], [[Daviess County, Indiana|Daviess]], & [[Greene County, Indiana|Greene]] Counties

====Camps====
Resident summer camp is held at '''Maumee Scout Reservation''', located on [[Lake Tarzian]] in the [[Hoosier National Forest]].<ref name="Aubrey">{{Cite news |last=Woods |first=Aubrey |date=2019-03-13 |title=Maumee Scout Reservation receives $1 million grant for severe weather shelter |work=The Tribune |url=http://www.tribtown.com/2019/03/11/maumee_scout_reservation_receives_1_million_grant_for_severe_weather_shelter/ |access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref> Maumee first opened in 1972 for White River Council as a replacement for its previous camp, Camp Wapehani in [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]], Indiana which had been divided by a recent re-alignment of State Road 37. The {{convert|640|acre}} property is near in [[Norman, Indiana|Norman]], Indiana.<ref name="MSR">{{Cite web |title=Maumee Scout Reservation |url=https://www.hoosiertrailsbsa.org/899 |access-date=2020-02-25 |website=Hoosier Trails Council}}</ref> Lake Tarzian is named after [[Sarkes Tarzian]] who led the capital campaign to build the camp.<ref name="Maumee">{{Cite web |title=Maumee Scout Reservation |url=https://hoosiertrailsbsa.org/2461 |access-date=2020-02-25 |website=hoosiertrailsbsa}}</ref>

Until 2023, the council also possessed Camp Louis Ernst in [[Dupont, Indiana|Dupont]]. Louis Ernst was founded in 1928 and operated by Hoosier Hills Council until its merger with White River Council to form Hoosier Trails Council in 1973. After this, Louis operated as a summer camp until 1983 when it was reduced to primitive camping. The camp was officially transferred to a group known as the Friends of Camp Louis Ernst in 2023.

====Order of the Arrow====
Nischa Chuppecat Lodge (#212) is Hoosier Trails' Order of the Arrow Lodge. It was founded in 1973 as the merger of Wazi Yata (#290) and So-Aka-Gha-Gwa (#212) lodges.

Both So-Aka-Gha-Gwa and Wazi Yata can trace back their heritage to other organizations separate from the Order of the Arrow.

The predecessor to So-Aka-Gha-Gwa, the Order of The Golden Arrow, was founded at Cataract Falls in the late 1930s and became So-Aka-Gha-Gwa Lodge in 1941.

The predecessor to Wazi Yata, the Order of the Wazi Yata, was founded at Camp Louis Ernst in 1934 and became Wazi Yata Lodge in 1945.

Nischa Chuppecat and So-Aka-Gha-Gwa have collectively hosted the National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) at Indiana University eleven times as of the summer of 2018, the most of any lodge in the nation.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

===La Salle Council===
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'''La Salle Council''' serves Scouts in Indiana and [[Michigan]].

====Districts====
*Algonquian District
*Dunes Moraine District
*Pioneer Trails District
*Potawatomi District

====Camps====
* Wood Lake Scout Reservation  <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wood Lake Scout Reservation |url=http://www.lasallecouncilbsa.org/Camps/Wood%20Lake%20Scout%20Reservation%20-%20Camp%20Tamarack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701022148/http://www.lasallecouncilbsa.org/Camps/Wood%20Lake%20Scout%20Reservation%20-%20Camp%20Tamarack |archive-date=2014-07-01}}</ref>
**'''Camp Tamarack''' is approximately 250 acres and is the summer camp facility located on the north side of Big and Little Wood Lake.  Tamarack has 17 campsites, 3 winter lodges, 18 staff cabins, shower house, health lodge, director's lodge, dining hall, cook's cabin, quartermaster building, trading post, administration building, conservation pavilion, rifle range, archery range, waterfront, athletic field, and parade field.
**'''Camp Will Welber''' is approximately 10 acres and is used as a training area. This camp is located on the south side of Big Wood Lake. Facilities consist of a storage building, central shower, and two staff cabins.
**'''Camp Dan Beard''' and '''Jim Bridger''' are located on the south side of Big Wood Lake and are approximately 80 Acres each. These are both Leave No Trace camping areas. They offer no amenities, except for their abundant natural beauty.
*Camp Topenebee<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Topenebee |url=http://www.lasallecouncilbsa.org/Camps/Topenebee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827101221/http://www.lasallecouncilbsa.org/Camps/Topenebee |archive-date=2014-08-27}}</ref>
*Rice Woods Camp<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice Woods Camp |url=http://www.lasallecouncilbsa.org/Camps/Rice%20Woods |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827095540/http://www.lasallecouncilbsa.org/Camps/Rice%20Woods |archive-date=2014-08-27}}</ref>

===Lincoln Heritage Council===
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The '''George Rogers Clark Council''' was formed by Scouts of [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]], [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd]], [[Harrison County, Indiana|Harrison]], [[Crawford County, Indiana|Crawford]], [[Scott County, Indiana|Scott]], and [[Washington County, Indiana|Washington]] counties in 1927, and merged with '''Old Kentucky Home Council''' in 1993 to form the '''Lincoln Heritage Council''', which serves Scouts in [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]]. The Council absorbed the Shawnee Trails Council of western Kentucky (and part of southern Illinois and northwestern Tennessee) in April 2012 to serve scouts in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Boy Scouts |url=https://lhcbsa.org/about-boy-scouts |website=Lincoln Heritage Council}}</ref>

====John Work House and Mill Site|Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation====
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'''Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation''' is a [[Scouts BSA]] camp just outside [[Charlestown, Indiana]], owned by the [[Scouting in Kentucky#Lincoln Heritage Council|Lincoln Heritage Council]]. In 1917 local Troop 3 decided to use the property as a summer camp, as it would for three summers. The '''George Rogers Clark Council''' shortly after 1927 bought Tunnel Mill from the Murphy family, who had bought the property the previous year but lost interest after a mill fire. In 1933 the three-sided wooden Pioneer Village cabins were built. In 1942 the [[Scoutmaster]]'s Cabin and Evergreen cabins were completed. In 1950 the McDonald Bridge was completed across [[Fourteen Mile Creek]]. The camp saw its greatest use in the 1950s and 1960s, with 564 Scouts, the highest attendance ever, in 1960. In 1969 the swimming pool was built, to replace the creek, now-unsafe for swimming. By the 1980s the lessening attendance made the future of the camp uncertain. When the George Rogers Clark Council, which owned the property, merged with '''Old Kentucky Home Council''', one of the conditions was that Tunnel Mill would not be closed. Since 1993 the camp has been used primarily by [[Cub Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scouts]] and for winter camping.<ref name="Purlee">{{Cite book |last=Purlee |first=Gary D. |title=Tunnel Mill: the story of an historical grist mill and an historic Boy Scout camp |year=2005}}</ref> The property includes a cabin village, a swimming pool, and a dining hall built in 2000. The new dining hall replaced the one from the 1980s that once served as a steakhouse in [[Jeffersonville, Indiana|Jeffersonville]].

On November 6, 1996, Andy Campbell, a ranger serving as Tunnel Mill's caretaker, was shot to death by Roger Caldwell, "a diagnosed, paranoid schizophrenic" who trespassed onto the property while drunk.<ref name="campbell">{{Cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Janna |title=Caldwell receives 70 years for shooting of Tunnel Mill Ranger |url=http://www.gbpnews.com/news/l013101.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505042700/http://www.gbpnews.com/news/l013101.htm |archive-date=2006-05-05 |access-date=2006-09-03 |publisher=Green Banner Publications}}</ref> This was the first such incident in the history of Scouting.<ref name="Purlee" /> Campbell was able to drag himself {{convert|50|ft|m}} to call 911. After police arrived on the scene to get information about the drunk from Campbell, they found Caldwell wandering on Indiana Highway 62. Caldwell was sentenced to 70 years in prison, with parole possible after 31 years.

=== Prairielands Council ===

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'''Prairielands Council''', previously the short-lived ''Illiana Council'', has its headquarters in [[Champaign, Illinois]], and also serves Scouts in [[Indiana]].

=== Sagamore Council ===
The Sagamore Council<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sagamore Council |url=http://sagamoresignals.com}}</ref> was founded in 1973 by a merger of the Three Rivers Council (Headquarters in [[Logansport, Indiana|Logansport, IN]]), Mesingomesia Council (Headquarters in [[Marion, Indiana|Marion, IN]]) and the Harrison Trails Council (Headquarters in [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette, IN]]).  The council offices were eventually consolidated to a single office in Kokomo, Indiana. The council maintains two camps:  Camp Cary, (near Lafayette, IN) used as a Cub Scout day camp and Camp Buffalo, (near [[Buffalo, Indiana|Buffalo, IN]] - north and east of [[Indiana Beach]]) used as a Scouts BSA summer camp.  The camp properties of Green Hills and Crossland were sold. Camp Green Hills was south and west of Lafayette, IN. Mesingomesia Council's Crossland Scout Reservation near [[Columbia City, Indiana]] was sold to the [[Indiana Department of Natural Resources]] in 1992 and is now called the Deniston Resource Area (named after a fallen DNR Conservation Officer). The camp was located on Robinson Lake, one of the last natural lakes in Indiana with almost no development. This was due in large part to the camp which encompassed almost three-fourths of the shoreline.<ref name="Braun">{{Cite web |last=Braun |first=Edward R. |date=2000 |title=Maintenance of a Quality Largemouth Bass Population at Robinson Lake |url=http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-Robinson_Lake_2000.pdf |access-date=2011-06-16 |website=Division of Fish and Wildlife |publisher=Indiana Department of Natural Resources}}</ref>

A few things make Sagamore Council unique:

# [[Purdue University]], in West Lafaytte, IN, hosted the 1994 National Order of the Arrow Conference.
# [[Weaver Popcorn Company|Weaver Popcorn]] (which markets [[Trail's End Popcorn]]) is produced in Van Buren, Indiana.
# Ramsey Popcorn<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramsey Popcorn |url=https://www.cousinwillies.com/ramsey}}</ref> (which markets Campmasters Popcorn<ref>{{Cite web |title=CampMasters |url=https://www.campmasters.org/ |website=Campmasters-org}}</ref>) is produced in Ramsey, Indiana.
# George O. Crossland was a Scout Executive who served the prior Mesingomesia Council. He was known for more notable Scouting functions including creating an honorary that rivaled the Order of the Arrow—TI-PI-SA, the Order of the Red Lodge. Crossland Scout Reservation was named after him.

====Districts====
* North Star District,<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Star District |url=http://sagamorebsa.org/htdocs/wordpress/north-star}}</ref> serving Cass, Fulton, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski & White counties
* Peshewa District,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peshewa District |url=http://sagamorebsa.org/htdocs/wordpress/peshewa}}</ref> serving Blackford, Grant, Howard, Miami and Wabash counties 
* Wabash Valley District,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wabash Valley District |url=http://sagamorebsa.org/htdocs/wordpress/wabash}}</ref> serving Benton, Carroll, Tippecanoe, Warren & Northern Fountain counties

====Camps====
The Sagamore Council currently operates two camps:
* Cary Camp- Lafayette, Indiana<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cary Camp |url=http://www.carycamp.com}}</ref>
* Camp Buffalo - Buffalo, Indiana<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camp Buffalo |url=http://www.campbuffalo.com}}</ref>