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Scouting in Michigan has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. ==Beginning Years (1910-1950)== The YMCA in Michigan was organizing Scout troops based on ''Scouting for Boys'' as early as 1909. The Michigan Forest Scouts were formed by the State of Michigan in 1911.〔Daniel N. Jabe. (1998) (The Sons of the Nation: The Popular Appeal of the Boy Scouts of America, 1910-1919 ). (VirtualScoutMuseum.com ).〕 This group was formed in response to a number of late 19th Century and early 20th Century forest fire and were effectively "auxiliary fire wardens".〔(Other Boy Scout Organizations -- THE FOREST SCOUTS ). (VirtualScoutMuseum.com ).〕 In 1914, St. Stanislaus Boy Scout Troop No. 1 obtained its charter as the first organized troop in Bay City Michigan and the first admitted to the Bay City Council(chartered in 1917). Scout activities had been going on for several years prior to this. Father Ladislaus P. Krakowski, pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka, and his assistant Father Frank Kozak encouraged the official link, per the St. Stanislaus Kostka Church Centennial 1874-1974 book of 1974. The Forest Scouts crested at 5,000 members and ended in 1916.〔 In 1929, a group of 8 eagle scouts including Gerald R. Ford participate in the first Mackinac Island Honor Guard. In 1933, the National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at the Owasippe Scout Camps outside Whitehall, Michigan. In the 1950, the Gerber baby food company donated the funds to purchase Gerber Scout Reservation (now of the Michigan Crossroads Council) to the Boy Scouts of America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scouting in Michigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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