Imagine being a boy and growing up in a world of no television, video games, or text messaging.  A century ago, a boy would have created his own fun and adventure – mostly outdoors.  It was during this era that the Boy Scout movement, founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in England and incorporated in the U.S. on February 10, 1910, took off like wildfire.

Within a matter of months of incorporation, Boy Scout councils and troops were organized nationwide.   Formal efforts to start a scouting program in Kitsap County began on December 19, 1910 when a group of civic and educational leaders met in Bremerton to form a Boy Scout council.