Everything has to start somewhere and so it's interesting to learn that the American Boy Scouts started here. This marker is next to a small building that has a parking lot if you were thinking to stop and read it.
The same text on both sides, it reads, "Before Boy Scouts of America was organized, 1910, a troop of 15 had been formed here, spring of 1908, by Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass. Using the official handbook of English scouting, she guided them hiking and camping, like scouting today. Known as Eagle Troop, Horace Smith was troop leader. Insignia was a red bandanna around neck. Reputed the first American Boy Scout Troop."
This is marker number 1007. It was erected in 1967 by the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Department of Highways. It is in excellent condition, possibly "new" after being replaced.
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