Editing Scouting in Pennsylvania (section)

===Bucktail Council===
The Bucktail Council of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] serves [[Cameron County, Pennsylvania|Cameron]], [[Clearfield County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]], [[Elk County, Pennsylvania|Elk]], [[Jefferson County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson]], and the western portions of [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]]. The Council was organized on July 24, 1930, and headquartered in DuBois. The Council adopted its constitution and by-laws on April 28, 1931, thanks to the efforts of John Q. Groves of Dubois.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=DuBois Area Historical Society, Inc. :: Spring Walk At Camp Mountain Run, May 8 |url=http://duboishs.com/index.php/dubois-hs-blog/spring-walk-at-camp-mountain-run-may-8/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=duboishs.com}}</ref> The Council brought under a unified leadership several independent Boy Scout troops in the surrounding areas of [[Brockway, Pennsylvania|Brockway]], [[Brookville, Pennsylvania|Brookville]], [[Clearfield, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]], [[DuBois, Pennsylvania|DuBois]], [[Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania|Johnsonburg]], [[Mahaffey, Pennsylvania|Mahaffey]], [[Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania|Philipsburg]], [[Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania|Reynoldsville]], [[Ridgway, Pennsylvania|Ridgway]], and [[St. Marys, Pennsylvania|St. Marys]].

The first Council President was Lyle G. Hall (1930 – 1938, 1971), the first Council Scout Executive was H. B. Knepper (1930 – 1937), and the first Council Commissioner was H. T. Gray.

The name of the Council references the [[13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment]], also known as “Bucktails”, a volunteer infantry regiment that was part of the [[Army of the Potomac]] during the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rauch |first=William H. |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924026471023 |title=History of the Bucktails: Kane Rifle Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps (13th Pennsylvania Reserves, 42nd of the Line) |last2=Thomson |first2=O. R. Howard |publisher=Electric Printing Company |year=1906 |language=en}}</ref> When the regiment was first forming, one recruit —many of which were woodsmen and lumbermen— ornamented his hat with a tail from a [[White-tailed deer]] he had found in a butcher shop. Other men liked this decoration and adopted the practice, causing the regiment to be known as “Bucktails”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The History of Ah’tic Lodge – Scouting Memories |url=https://scoutingmemories.org/the-history-of-ahtic-lodge/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=scoutingmemories.org}}</ref>

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| chiefscout2 =Scott Barber 
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|location=Pennsylvania, United States|chiefscouttitle4=Camping Committee Chair|chiefscout4=Brad Sweet|chiefscouttitle5=OA Lodge Advisor|chiefscout5=Andrew Klark}}

'''District'''

Bucktail Council has a single District, PA Eastern Wilds, which covers the following school districts: [[Cameron County School District|Cameron County]], [[Saint Marys Area School District|St. Mary’s]], [[Bald Eagle Area School District|Bald Eagle]], [[Clearfield Area School District|Clearfield]], [[Curwensville Area School District|Curwensville]], [[Moshannon Valley School District|Moshannon Valley]], [[West Branch Area School District|West Branch]], [[Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District|Philipsburg-Osceola Area]], [[Johnsonburg Area High School|Johnsonburg]], [[Ridgway Area School District|Ridgway]], [[Brockway Area School District|Brockway]], [[DuBois Area School District|DuBois]], [[Brookville Area School District|Brookville]], [[Clarion-Limestone Area School District|Clarion-Limestone]], [[Punxsutawney Area School District|Punxsutawney]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Districts |url=https://bucktail.org/districts/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Bucktail Council |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Camps====
*Camp Mountain Run
In 1931, the Council used Camp Coffman, the Oil City Scout Council's Camp (now part of [[French Creek Council]]), for their first summer camp program. On May 1, 1932, the Bucktail Council Camp Committee reported two sites had been inspected for the location of the Council’s own camp. One was near [[East Branch Clarion River Lake|East Branch Clarion River]] in Elk County and the second site near a beaver dam along Mountain Run Stream in [[Penfield, Pennsylvania|Penfield]], Clearfield County. The Council approved the leasing of the land on Mountain Run which would be developed into the 380+ acre present-day Camp Mountain Run Scout Camp.<ref name=":1" />

The land was first leased from the Kersey Mining Company and the [[Pennsylvania|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]]. Later the [https://visitpago.com/the-history-of-the-shawmuts-rise-and-fall/ Shawmut Mining Company], which acquired the Kersey Mining Company’s portion, sold its tract of land to the Council in 1939 for one dollar. In 1962, through the efforts of J. Hall Stackpole (Seventh President, 1957 - 1960), his company, the [https://www.stackpole.com/about/history.html Stackpole Carbon Company] arranged a trade of 614 acres for the 307 acres still owned by the Commonwealth which he deeded to the Council.<ref name=":0" />

The Stackpole Carbon Company’s outstanding generosity continued by building and funding the original swimming pool in 1935 and supplied funding in 1960 for the renovation of its filtration system. In 1970, the [https://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/stackpole-hall-foundation-reflects-on-70-years-of-giving-back/article_804dfbb0-9b2e-11ec-8230-175b77022425.html Stackpole-Hall Foundation] provided a large donation for the expansion and renovation of the Camp’s dining hall.<ref name=":0" /> 

====Order of the Arrow====
*Ah'Tic Lodge #139
In the Spring 1937, the leaders of Bucktail Council wanted to recognize those Scouts and Scouters who were “Honor Campers”, those who best exemplified the ideals of the [[Scout Promise|Scout Oath]] and [[Scout Law|Law]]. The Council did so by organizing a Camp Honor Society. Shortly thereafter, the Council’s Executive Board in January 1938 voted to apply for an [[Order of the Arrow]] Lodge Charter. This effort, led by John H. Keller (Second Council Executive, 1937 - 1942), would form the Lodge’s charter membership from those members of the original Honor Camper Society. On June 1, 1938, a ceremonial team from [[Laurel Highlands Council|Camp Twin Echo]] came to Camp Mountain Run to initiate those first members into the Order of the Arrow. The first official meeting of Ah’Tic Lodge was July 27, 1938, the name “Ah’Tic” taken from the [[Ojibwe|Chippewa]] language meaning “Standing Elk”.<ref name=":0" />{{Clear}}