Editing Scouting in Louisiana (section)

==Early history (1910–1960)==
The first [[Boy Scouts of America]] (BSA) Troop in Louisiana was founded in 1910 in Monroe, LA by Isaac Cowden. The group of boys had formed the year before as "The Newsboy's Club" and met Sundays in the Knights of Pythias Hall on St. John Street.  This troop was among the first in the south.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1910-10-18 |title=Column 1 |page=2 |work=The Times |location=Shreveport, LA}}</ref>  The first Scout Master to be commissioned in Louisiana was Osee W. Zeagler.<ref>{{Citation |last=Osee W. Zeagler |title=Genealogy of William Brian, Jacob Humble and David Zeagler: 1700 - 1967 |url=https://librarycatalog.dar.org/library/Details/detaillib.aspx?Record_Id=88009 |page=339 |year=1967 |quote=Mr. Cowden initiated the movement in Monroe and I served as Scout Master, the first to be commissioned in Louisiana, my commission being signed by James E. West, Executive Secretary, and being No. 1}}</ref>

In the days of segregation, five of the seven Louisiana councils maintained a separate summer camp for Negro scouts and the other two ran a special session at the regular council camp in order that black scouts would not be denied a camping program. In the period 1957-1967, each of the "Negro Scout Camps" were closed and the regular councils camps were integrated. Negro camps in Louisiana were: Camp Pioneer (Norwela Council), Camp Britton (Ouachita Valley Council), Camp Chenier (Evangeline Area Council), Indian Village Scout Camp (New Orleans Area Council), and Camp Carver (Istrouma Area Council).{{cn|date= August 2022}}

In 1924, the [[Evangeline Area Council]] (#212) was formed. In 1917, the [[Minden Council]]  was formed, ending in 1919. In 1917, the [[Ruston Council]] was formed, ending in 1918. In 1917, the [[Minden Council]]  was formed, ending in 1919. In 1923, the [[Fourth District Council]] (#213) was formed, changing its name to the [[Ouachita Valley Council]] (#213) in 1925. In 1919, the [[Alexandria Council]] (#208) was formed, changing its name to the [[Attakapas Council]] (#208) in 1921. In 1923 the council changed its name to [[Rapides Parish Council]] (#208), and back to Attakapas (#208) in 1925. Attakapas (#208) dissolved in 1925, reforming in 1938. In 1917, the [[Baton Rouge Council]] (#211) was formed, changing its name to the [[East Baton Rouge Parish Council]] (#211) in 1922. It changed its name to the [[Istrouma Area Council]] (#211)  in 1924. In 1924, the [[Old Hickory Area Council]] (#657) was formed, merging into the Istrouma Area Council (#211) in 1931. <ref name="Hook">{{Cite book |last1=Hook |first1=James |url=https://www.angelfire.com/tx6/patch/cspbook.html |title=An Aid to Collecting Selected Council Shoulder Patches with Valuation |last2=Franck |first2=Dave |last3=Austin |first3=Steve |year=1982}}</ref>

In 1923, the [[Choctaw Area Council]] (#210) was formed. In 1919, the [[Calcasieu Parish Council]] (#209) was formed, changing its name to the [[Lake Charles Council]] (#209) in 1920. It changed its name to the [[Calcasieu Parish Council]] (#209) in 1922. In 1925, Calcasieu Parish changed its name to the [[Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes Council]] (#209). In 1930, the Choctaw Area (#210) and Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes (#209) councils merged to form the [[Calcasieu Area Council]] (#209).<ref name="Hook" />

In 1917, the [[Minden Council]]  was formed, ending in 1919. In 1924, the [[Mississippi-Gulf Coast Area Council]] (#666) was formed, merging into the New Orleans Area Council (#214) in 1927. <ref name="Hook" /> 

In 1916, the [[New Orleans Council]] (#214) was formed, changing its name to the [[New Orleans Area Council]] (#214) in 1927.<ref name="Hook" /> In 1925, the [[ClaiBienWeb Council]] (#699) was formed. In 1921, the [[Shreveport Council]] (#215) was formed, changing its name to the [[NorWeLa Area Council]] (#215) in 1923. The ClaiBienWeb Council merged into the NorWeLa Area Council (#215) in 1923.<ref name="Hook" />