When did Boy Scouts first start?

Answer 1

It started in 1907 when Baden Powell tried an experimental Boy Scout Camp in July of 1907. Patrols started to spring up all over England. In 1908, The Scout Association was in full stride. Scouting started in 1910 in the USA.

it was so popular that girl guiding started 2 years later.

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Answer 2

That is a not an easy question to answer.

There were several scouting movements underway in the US such as the Woodcraft Indians and Sons of Daniel Boone as early as the late 1800's.

In 1907 Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell England took his first group of boys to Brownsea Island for what he termed an experiment in scouting. He wrote "Scouting for Boys" in 1908 and is commonly credited with starting the World Scouting Movement we know today. Different sources often list either 1907 or 1908 as the date.

William Boyce brought Powell's scouting ideas over to the US after encountering scouts in England and founded the BSA in 1910. The other scouting organizations already present in the US quickly folded into the new BSA.

The first Boy Scout troop in America was organized slightly before that in Pawhuska, Oklahoma (Osage County), in May 1909 by Reverend John F. Mitchell, a missionary priest from England sent to St. Thomas Episcopal Church by the Church of England. Rev. Mitchell, who had been associated in scout work with Lord Baden-Powell in England, organized the troop of Boy Scouts under English charter and equipped them with English uniforms, manuals, and badges.

The charter members of the troop were: Douglas Foote, Jack Hutchings, John I. Johnson, Robert MuGuire, Lee Copeland, Cliff Ferguson, Thomas Leahy, Walter B. Johnson, Tom Leahy, Joe McGuire, Clyde Wilson, Dick Millard, "Spider" Hinkle, Clemmer Curtis, Roland Blanc, Alex Tinker, Jack Coffey, Rogers Leahy, and Roland McGuire.

Answer 3

Although the BSA started in 1910, the Boy Scouts Movement started in 1907 in the UK and the first Boy Scout troop in America was organized in Pawhuska, Oklahoma (Osage County), in May 1909 by Reverend John F. Mitchell.

Mitchell was a missionary priest from England sent to St. Thomas Episcopal Church by the Church of England. Rev. Mitchell, who had been associated in scout work with Lord Baden-Powell in England, organized the troop of Boy Scouts under English charter and equipped them with English uniforms, manuals, and badges.

The charter members of the troop were: Douglas Foote, Jack Hutchings, John I. Johnson, Robert MuGuire, Lee Copeland, Cliff Ferguson, Thomas Leahy, Walter B. Johnson, Tom Leahy, Joe McGuire, Clyde Wilson, Dick Millard, "Spider" Hinkle, Clemmer Curtis, Roland Blanc, Alex Tinker, Jack Coffey, Rogers Leahy, and Roland McGuire.
That is a not an easy question to answer.

There were several scouting movements underway in the US such as the Woodcraft Indians and Sons of Daniel Boone by the late 1800's.

In 1907 Lord Baden Powell took his first group of boys to Brownsea Island for what he termed an experiment in scouting. He wrote "Scouting for Boys" in 1908 and is commonly credited with starting the World Scouting Movement we know today. Different sources often list either 1907 or 1908 as the date.

Baden Powell's scouting was brought to the US in 1910 and the already existing American scouting organizations quickly folded into it.

Answer 4

1909 and American businessman in London, Boyce, was assisted in finding his way. The american asked the boy if he wanted a tip and the boy replied that no tip necessary. "I am a boy scout, I help others at all times," he said. The American sought out Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting, and sought more information about his scouting movement. He brought these ideas back to the US and in 1910 established scouting there.

Answer 5

This is easily answered as being 1907 by Baden Powell in England. It gets complicated about how scouting started in America. The problem in documenting the early boy scout history from the BSA standpoint is that they mysteriously lost all their earl records prior to January 1, 1911. I have reconstructed their missing history and now know that the Barre, Vermont Troop was the very first in America, pre BSA and also the very first to sign onto the BSA sometime between July1st and July 20th, 1910. This was accomplished at the very first official BSA camp in North Hero, VT. This came a full month before the well celebrated Lake George-Silver Bay, New York scout camp.

Answer 6

In 1907 Baden Powell took 20 boys aged between 10-14 to Brownsea Island. Scouting progressed throughout the UK and then into the rest of the world.

Answer 7

It began around 1907-1908 in England (depending on exactly what event you call the beginning, 1910 in the US and other years in other countries.

Answer 8

1910

Answer 9

1907