Editing Scouting in Vermont (section)

==Early history (1907–1950)==
===Boy Scouts of America===
In 1910, the [[Burlington Council (Vermont)|Burlington Council]] (#592) was formed, changing its name to the [[Champlain Council]] (#592) in 1926. The council closed in 1926.

In 1916, the [[Brattleboro Council]] was formed, closing in 1921.

In 1920, the [[Rutland County Council (Vermont)|Rutland Council]] was formed. The Rutland County Council (#593) became the Green Mountain Council (#593) in 1929. It became the [[Ethan Allen Council]] (#593) in 1965. It became the [[Green Mountain Council]] (#592) in 1972.

In 1926, the [[Owl Council]] (#762) was formed. It merged with the Green Mountain Council (#593) in 1930.

In 1926, the [[Windham-Windsor Council]] (#747) was formed. It changed its name to the [[Calvin Coolidge Council]] (#747) in 1936. It merged with the Ethan Allen Council (#593) in 1965.

In 1933, the [[Long Trail Council]] (#592) was formed. It merged with the Green Mountain Council (#592) in 1972.<ref name="CSP Book">{{Cite book |last=Hook |first=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>

===1910 Camp Iliam, Pownal===
On September 10, 1910, S. F. Lester of [[Troy, New York]], became the first person to hold the Scouting leadership position of [[Scoutmaster]] (approved by the BSA).  He received his certification from the [[Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters|BSA headquarters]] in New York City. In 1910 he led a group of 30 scouts at [[Camp Ilium]], in [[Pownal, Vermont]].  Camp Ilium was the starting point of the Boy Scout Movement for Troy, and Pownal.  Pownal is only {{convert|35|mi|km}} away from Troy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Kevin |title=This Day in 1910 in The Record: Aug. 10, 1910 |url=http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/08/10/opinion/doc4c6023c2d22ff856756887.txt |access-date=October 4, 2013 |publisher=troyrecord.com}}</ref>

===Junior Boy Scouts===
Junior Scouts existed in the British Boy Scouts (BBS) in 1909 and in Barre, Vermont for boys under age 11.   This junior scout concept was later mirrored in Baden Powell's organization as Wolf Cubs or Cubs in 1916.  The BSA started Cub Scouting in 1930. There is a complete Vermont Junior Scout uniform which dates to this 1909-1910 period.  It is all hand stitched with a hand embroidered patch which reads "Junior Scout".  It is probably the oldest American Boy Scout uniform that exists.

===Camp Fire Girls of America===
Founded on March 17, 1910, in Thetford, Vermont, by Dr. Luther Gulick  and his wife Charlotte Vedder Gulick. [[Camp Fire Girls]], as it was known at the time, was created as the sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America. The First Baptist Church of Barre also had a very early Camp Fire Girls organization around the same time the Thetford organization started.

===Girl Scouts of the USA===
The first known troop in Vermont was in Wilder in 1918.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girl Scouts Council of Vermont |url=https://www.girlscoutsvt.org/ |website=Girl Scouts Council of Vermont |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301224631/https://www.girlscoutsvt.org/ |archive-date=1 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 50th anniversary of Girl Scouting was celebrated at a Senior Girl Scout Roundup held at Button Bay in Vergennes, Vermont in 1962. The U.S. Postal Service set up a temporary post office with a special postal stamp and cancellation for the occasion. Thousands of Girl Scouts came to the international Roundup. A reunion was held for the centennial of Girl Scouting in September 2012 in Vergennes. The Girl Scout council that now encompasses all of Vermont and all of New Hampshire was established in 2009 and is called Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains.

===Norman Rockwell===
[[Norman Rockwell]] moved here and created his most important artwork  in [[Arlington, VT|Arlington]] from 1939 through 1953.<ref name="rockwell">{{Cite web |title=Boy Scout prints |url=http://www.normanrockwellvt.com/BoyScouts.htm |website=Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620081359/http://www.normanrockwellvt.com/BoyScouts.htm |archive-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>