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Boy Scout Camp Towadena Patch
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Camp Towanda
Patch
1953
I recently came across some Vintage BSA items from 1950s thru the late 70s. I will be listing more in the coming days and weeks. Please check back and take a look.
This patch is in Good used condition with no signs of age and wear.
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This is what the Pine Burr Council website had to say about Camp Towanda.
In 1942 a group of 6 men purchased 40 acres in Stone County and opened Camp Towanda. Scouting grew from477 youth in 1942 to over 1,000 in 1950. Camp Towanda was not large enough to handle the load and the adjacent property was not available. The Pine Burr Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Executive Board voted to look for adequate land to build a camp. Mr. L. O. Crosby, Jr. of Picayune and Mrs. Bill Blain, Sr. of Mt. Olive chaired the committee. These two men spent three years swapping land and purchasing plots until they had assembled 1200 acres north of Wiggins, Mississippi to be used for the official Boy Scout Camp for youth from south Mississippi.
The camp name of Camp Tiak was chosen. The name is Choctaw and means Tall Pines. It was chosen because the 1200 acres had a great stand of pine trees. In 1955 Camp Tiak opened. From 1955 until 1972 the camp continued to be developed and culminated with 12 campsites, a 300 person dining hall, a health lodge, a shooting sports area, and an aquatics area.
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