Editing Scouting in Wyoming (section)

==Early history (1910–1950)==
[[File:Preparing for the Presentation of the Colors (7781523448).jpg|thumb|Jackson District Boy Scouts line up as they prepare to carry the US and Wyoming flags into the [[National Elk Refuge]]'s centennial ceremony]]
The [[Cheyenne Council]] was founded in 1920, and in 1925 changed its name to the [[Southeastern Wyoming Council]]. The Council merged into [[Longs Peak Council]] in 1928.<ref name="CSP Book">{{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 1917, the [[Casper Council]]  (#638) was formed, changing its name to [[Casper Area Council]] in 1925. It reformed in 1918, merging into [[Central Wyoming Council]]  (#638)  in 1931.<ref name="CSP Book" />

In 1920, the [[Sheridan Council]] (#640), changing its name to [[Sheridan County Council]] in 1922; changing its name again to [[Sheridan Area Council]] in 1926.<ref name="CSP Book" />

In 1929, the Central Wyoming Council  (#638) was formed.<ref name="CSP Book" />

In southwestern Wyoming the [[Jim Bridger Council]] was headquartered in Rock Springs, Wy. The Jim Bridger Council had a Scout Camp at New Fork Lakes on the  northwestern slope of the Wind River Mountains. The Jim Bridger Council encompassed the Green River Basin and included the Woodruff and Randolph Utah Area.  Towns included in the council were  Rock Springs,  Green River, Pinedale, Big Piney, Kemmerer, Opal,  Mountain View,  Lyman, Fort Bridger and Evanston. The council was merged with two councils in Utah in the early 1990s. The council was home to Order of the Arrow Lodge 529 – Tatanka.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

During [[World War II]], [[Norman Mineta]] was detained in the [[Heart Mountain War Relocation Center|Heart Mountain]] [[Japanese American internment|internment camp]] near [[Cody, Wyoming]], along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and [[Japanese American]]s.  While detained in the camp, Mineta, a [[Boy Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Boy Scout]], met fellow Scout [[Alan K. Simpson]], future U.S. Senator from [[Wyoming]], who often visited the Scouts in the internment camp with his troop.  The two became, and have remained, close friends and political allies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Chris |year=2002 |title=A Pair of Boy Scouts |url=http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0201/d-wwas.html |access-date=2006-12-16 |website=Scouting Magazine |publisher=Boy Scouts of America}}</ref>