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State unlikely to cough up money to buy Pouch Camp

by billmul @ Friday, January 29th, 2010. Filed under Camp Pouch

That was the title of the most recent article on Camp Pouch in the Staten Island Advance.
Don’t expect the state to be Pouch Camp’s white knight.Tucked inside Gov. David Paterson’s preliminary budget released last week was a proposal to place an indefinite moratorium on state land buys.
But the potential loss of the state as a [...]

Camp Pouch Update January 24 NY Times Article

by billmul @ Monday, January 25th, 2010. Filed under Camp Pouch

Financial woes may force the sale of Camp Pouch, 140 acres where generations have learned to rough it.

Camp Matinecock – Kanohwahkee Lakes

by billmul @ Saturday, January 16th, 2010. Filed under Not TMR

Before Ten Mile River was established in 1928, NYC Scouts camped at one of the various camps at Kanohwahkee Lakes in what today is part of Bear Mountain State Parks.  One of the Queens Camps was Camp Matinecock.  An auction recently ended on eBay with two Camp Matinecock patches from circa 1920.  What would probably [...]

Camp Pouch Update

by billmul @ Tuesday, January 12th, 2010. Filed under Camp Pouch, Scouting in the News

Planning continue on ways to save Camp Pouch.  A recent article in the Staten Island Advance outlines  some of the discussions which are underweigh.
Discussions to save Pouch Camp in the Greenbelt are under way and involve surprising potential saviors: A luxury home builder and the Richmond County Country Club; and possibly the New York Container Terminal.
In [...]

Camp Pouch on the block?

by billmul @ Friday, December 18th, 2009. Filed under Scouting in the News

I’m a bit late to this story, but I wanted to post it for those who may not have heard about it.
Citing financial turmoil, the Boy Scouts of America is exploring the full or partial sale of Pouch Camp.
The GNYC press release goes on to state…
with ongoing efforts to secure a conservation easement the preferred [...]

Camp Aquehonga 2000 Round

by billmul @ Friday, December 11th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under Camp Aquehonga, TMR - Individual Camps

Jeff Rocklein sent me a scan of an undated Camp Aquehonga patch shown below.  He wanted to know when it was issued.
My records indicate that is from 2000, which on my checklist would be:
AQU2000 R1 ORG R DGY WHT ORG FDL WHT Ten Mile River TL Undated
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Ten Mile River Smoke Signals Issue 11

by billmul @ Thursday, November 26th, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized

The latest issue of the TMR  Museum’s newsletter, which includes my Collecting TMR column is now on the web.  The journal has been expanded to 16 pages and contains a lot of new information on the history of the NYC camps and some upcoming plans for the museum.

You can find it here.  Or if you [...]

Hiawatha Seaway Council Camps

by billmul @ Tuesday, October 27th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under Not TMR

for those of you whose interest in NYS Boy Scout Camps extends beyond Ten Mile River, I recently came across a new resource on the Hiawatha Seaway Council Website.

On the history page, there are links to the history of many of the camps owned by the current council and its predecessors including:

Camp Loyalty
Camp 12 Pines
Camp [...]

Camp Rondack 1956 Staff Neckerchief

by billmul @ Saturday, October 24th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under Camp Rondack, Ten Mile River pre-1965

Thanks to the keen eyes of Ray Gould, I was able to pick up a TMR Staff neckerchief need recently at the Empire State TOR.
Below is the 1956 Camp Rondack staff neckerchief.
While it is on a neckerchief, I’m not sure if this is the original tartan for this camp.  Can anyone confirm this?
Always good to [...]

Ten Mile River Neckerchief

by billmul @ Sunday, October 11th, 2009. Filed under Not TMR

Bob Landers, and prior to that Nick Dales is a canoe livery on the Delaware River near Ten Mile River Scout Camps.  This is a private company providing canoe rentals to groups and individuals in addition to many Scout groups.  Nick Dale as some of you may know was active in GNYC and Brooklyn council [...]

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