Some notable history facts about Troop 2.
Chartered in October, 1917 by President Theodore Roosevelt (served as president from 1901-1909. Woodrow Wilson was the current president) with 9 scouts at First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado—sixteen months after the Boy Scouts of America was first chartered by the United States Congress, June 15, 1916. Troop 2 is the oldest mission of the church.
1971-1978
Scoutmaster earned Silver Beaver award in 1970, and the William H. Spurgeon Award in 1974, Pikes Peak Council
50 miler to Region 7 Canoe Base in Minnesota (1971)
Grand Canyon hiking trip (1972, 1974, 1976, 1978)
Around 26 Scouts during these years
Patrols: Eagle, Puma, Cobra, and Leadership Corps
Fundraiser: Magazine sales (1978)
Clothing drives for Ecumenical Social Ministries
Summer camp at Camp Alexander each year
1979-1982
Grand Canyon hiking trip (1979, 1980, 1982)
Gathered clothing for Goodwill
Annual trips to Bent’s Fort for Koshare dances
Philmont Scout Ranch (1980)
Patrols: Leadership Corps, Pheasant, Cougar, Bison, Panther
Rainbow Trail in the Sangre de Cristos hiking, with bear & skunk encounters (1980)
Attended Freezoree at Camp Alexander most years
Summer camp at Camp Alexander each year
1983
Started quarterly inter-patrol competitions
Order of the Arrow Dance Team
Annual trip to Bent’s Fort for Koshare dances
28 mile hike in Lost Creek Wilderness
Pheasant Patrol won Klondike Derby with perfect score!
44th & 45th Eagle Scouts awarded
Hike up Barr Trail to hydroelectric plant for electricity merit bdg
Fundraising: all purpose cleaner
Service week in Rocky Mountain National Park
Troop 2 did Opening Ceremony for Olympic Sports Festival
Summer camp at Camp Alexander
The Pheasant Patrol won the Freezoree’s Klondike Derby with a perfect score.
1984
Annual trip to Bent’s Fort for Koshare dances
Camping trip at the Indian Paint Mines
3 day hiking trip on Mount Rosa
Goodwill collection
Grand Canyon hiking trip and Waldo Canyon hike
Philmont Scout Ranch
Fundraising: bake sale at the Court of Honor, sold Hefty Bags & Popcorn
Summer camp at Camp Alexander
Previous scoutmaster appointed to International Committee of Boy Scouts of America
One of the inspections was for “fingernail cleanliness only”
On Oct. 29, the troop threw a huge birthday bash for their 67th birthday.
1985
Last year for Koshare Dances at La Junta – (Scoutmaster retired)
Arbor Day Tree Planting (2000 seedlings at Ute Valley Park)
Clothing collection for Ecumenical Social Ministries
Grand Canyon hiking trip and Waldo Canyon hike
San Juan trip to Mesa Verda, Durango & Silverton train
Fundraising: sold Hefty Bags & Popcorn
Service Project: Carried chairs for a symphony concert
Summer camp at Camp Alexander
-- Scouting magazine came along….
