World Scout History 1907 to 1930

1907 Brownsea Island experimentation

1908 Scouting For Boys published

1910 First BSA camp held at Silver Bay, Lake George, N.Y.

1910 BSA Incorporated on February 8

1910 Campfire Girls founded

1911 BSA National Scout Office opens in New York with 7 employees

1911 Handbook For Boys published

1911 First Heroism awards presented

1912 Scouts enrolled from every State

1912 First National Good Turn: A Sane and Safe Fourth of July

1912 Baden-Powell marries Olave Soames

1912 Boy's Life purchased

1912 Sea Scouting becomes part of BSA

1912 First Eagle Scout

1912 Girl Scouts of America founded

1913 First local councils chartered

1913 Scouting Magazine created

1913 Handbook For Scoutmasters published

1914 The troop committee plan developed

1914 The first William T. Hornaday medal awarded

1915 The Lone Scouts of America organized by William Boyce

1915 Order of the Arrow founded in Philadelphia

1915 57 merit badge books issued

1916 Federal Charter granted by Congress on June 15

1916 BSA constitution and by-laws adopted

1917 Veteran Scout established

1917 BSA begins home-front service, "Help win the war"

1918 BSA rendered Nation-wide first-aid service in influenza epidemic

1918 Standards established for Boy Scout camps

1919 First Wood Badge course held at Gilwell Park near London, England

1919 First annual National Boy Scout Week conducted

1920 First World Jamboree in Olympia, London, England attended by 301 American Scouts for a total of 8,000 Scouts from 34 countries.

1920 Baden-Powell made Chief Scout of the World

1920 Scout International Bureau established in London

1921 "New York Times" inaugurated Sunday Boy Scouts section

1923 International left handclasp adopted

1924 Lone Scouts of America merged with BSA

1924 International Scout constitution and by-laws adopted

1924 2nd World Jamboree in Copenhagen, Denmark attended by 56 American Scouts for a total of 4,500 Scouts from 22 countries

1924 "Every Scout a Swimmer" campaign started

1925 Boy Scouts of America membership exceeds 1 million

1925 Junior Assistant Scoutmaster position created

1926 Silver Buffalo first presented, the first to Baden-Powell and the second to the unknown Scout

1926 YMCA Indian Guides program started.

1927 First major revision of Handbook for Boys

1927 Eagle Palms introduced

1927 National office moved to 2 Park Avenue in New York

1928 Sea Scout, Paul Siple, accompanies Admiral Byrd to the Antarctic

1929 Registration of all Scouters authorized

1929 3rd World Jamboree in Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, England attended by 1,300 American Scouts for a total of 50,000 Scouts from 73 countries

1930 Cubbing started