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An Incomplete History (1994)

Camp Emerson

Idyllwild, California

California Inland Empire Council

Boy Scouts of America

An Incomplete History

by

Christopher J. Manning

and

Norman H. Mellor

December 1994

Reprinted on this website by permission from the lead author.

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Abbreviations

Camp Emerson Scout Executives

Contents

Camp Emerson History Illustrations

How Scouting Began

Pre-History

The Legend of Tahquitz

The Beginning

The 1920’s

The John H. Leecing Years

The 1930’s

The Carl Helmick Years

The 1940’s

The 1950’s

Camp Development Drive of the 1960’s

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