Editing Scouting in Pennsylvania (section)

====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" />