Editing Scouting in Colorado (section)

====Oldest living GSUSA Girl Scout====

The oldest living Girl Scout was [[Marianne Elser Crowder]], born in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] in April 1906. She joined the Wagon Wheel Council Troop 4 in 1918 and was awarded her Golden Eaglet, which was then the GSUSA highest award. She later operated her own dance studio in Colorado Springs and headed the dance department at [[Colorado College]] before moving to [[Menlo Park, California]] in 1939. The Wagon Wheel Council named Crowder the nation's oldest Girl Scout after it conducted a nationwide search and sifted through council archives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oldest Living Girl Scout |url=http://www.fox21news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6217363}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Century-old Girl Scout says lessons have served her well |url=http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=20112&template=article.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203223144/http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=20112&template=article.html |archive-date=2009-02-03}}</ref>