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DeWitt Scouts Pioneered Local Boy Scout Movement
The DeWitt area saw early Boy Scouts form in 1913 led by Eric Anderson and George Elder, with the first camp on Silver Creek in 1914. Troop 29 traces to 1927, later joining Buffalo Bill Council. by 1959 Eagle honors and Silver Beaver Awards highlighted long service. World War II drives and Cub Scouts creation in 1943 to 1944 expanded local scouting, now with Troop 29, Troop 191, Pack 134, and Pack 191 under regional stewardship.
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Boy Scout Movement
England
Baden Powell
Brown Sea Island
Africa
United States
Chicago
William D. Boyce
DeWitt
Eric Anderson
Eric States
George Elder
Silver Creek
Anderson Farm
R. K. Chapman
Chapman
Crystal Lake
Iowa
Gordon Kent
Gordon
Hardier
Davenport
Vander Veer Park
Rock Island Arsenal
C. J. Christensen
Boy Scouts of America
Nat Baird Sr
A. E. Meyer
Carl J. Smith
Nat Baird
Clinton County
Jack Hawthorne
John Tlannery
Clinton
Donald Elder
Ralph “Scoop” Henderson
Community Club
Elder
Larry Drew
Ralph Kanneberg
Den
Tom Prehn
Tom
John Galitz
Jim Tisdale
Cedar Rapids
Buffalo Bill Council
Minnegota
Wapsi River
Dixon