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The Gold Country (also known as Mother Lode Country) is a historic region in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, that is primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines that attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush .
Scouting portal. The Greater Yosemite Council (#059) is a local council of the Boy Scouts of America based in Modesto, California. It was founded in 1920 as the Modesto Council. In 1921 Modesto changed its name to the Stanislaus County Council, and in 1922 to the Yosemite Area Council.
The Golden Empire Council (GEC-BSA) is a California-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America and its Western Region, Area 4. The council serves a large section of Northern California, primarily the Sacramento Valley and the northern Sierra Nevada. Its boundaries range north to south from Redding to Elk Grove and ...
Also called Camp Chesebrough, this is a 544-acre (2.2 km 2) Boy Scouts of America camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties, California. Circle X: Los Angeles Area Council: Cedar Glen: Active: Camp Circle X at Big Horn. Part of Hubert Eaton Scout Reservation. Cutter Scout Reservation: Pacific Skyline Council: Boulder ...
2023. Shenandoah Area Council 598. 850. Massachusetts Bay Federated Council. Boston. Massachusetts. 1976. 1979. Merger of Boston Council, Cambridge Council, Minuteman Council and North Bay Council; dissolved and original councils reformed.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was inspired by and modeled on The Boy Scouts Association, established by Robert Baden-Powell in Britain in 1908. In the early 1900s, several youth organizations were active, and many became part of the BSA (see Scouting in the United States ). The BSA was founded in 1910 at the "first encampment" in Silver Bay ...
The California Inland Empire Council (CIEC) of the Boy Scouts of America serves the Inland Empire of California. The service area comprises San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. The CIEC is headquartered in Redlands California where it has officwith ane and a Scout Shop. The CIEC was formed in 1973 by merging the Arrowhead Area (#048) and ...
Scouting portal. Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council (#055) is a Boy Scouts of America council headquartered in San Jose, California. It was the result of a council merger between the Santa Clara County Council and the Monterey Bay Area Council. In 2004, the previous two councils served over 11,000 youth in over 400 Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout ...