Collecting Ten Mile River, one patch at a time
I recently acquired a 1953 Staff Neckerchief from Ten Mile river’s Camp Kunatah. There is also a staff patch issued for this year. The staff patch is still a need of mine. As far as I know, this is the only time there was both a patch and a neckerchief issued by a TMR camp [...]
I’d previously written about a 1956 TMR Headquarters Staff Patch. These issues have been seen with dates from at least the mid-1950′s to the mid 1960′s. This particular patch was listed in the 1st Edition of A Guide to Memorabilia of the Ten Mile River Scout Camps as belonging to Headquarters Staff. The information on [...]
1959 was really the end of the era of individual Camp Staff neckerchiefs, there were still several years where uniform staff neckerchiefs were worn throughout the reservation. In 1960 there was Green and Blue Tartan, in 1961 the same patch was used but the Tartan was changed to Gray and Green. Each patch shows a [...]
A recent acquisition was a staff neckerchief from one of the old Brooklyn Camps at Ten Mile River Scout Camps. The silk-screened neckerchief is from Camp Kotokhe. I still have quite a few Staff Neckerchief needs. TMR Staff Neckerchief Needs: Aquehonga: 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, Central: None Chappegat: 49, 50, 51, 53, [...]
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? [...]
After the era of individual Camp Staff neckerchiefs, there were several years where uniform staff neckerchiefs were worn throughout the reservation. In 1960 there was Green and Blue Tartan, in 1961 the same patch was used bit the Tartan was Gray and Green. The patches show a map of TMR broken down into the three [...]
Douglas Chin provides a scan of a generic 1956 Camp Staff Patch. These issues have been seen with dates from at least the mid-1950′s to the mid 190′s. This particular patch was listed in the 1st Edition of A Guide to Memorabilia of the Ten Mile River Scout Camps as belonging to Headquarters Staff. The [...]
Below is an image of a Camp Brooklyn Honor Troop Pennant from 1948. Camp Brooklyn was located at the western end of Ten Mile River, and was made up of what eventually became Camp Chappegat, Camp Kunatah, Camp Kothoke, Camp Ihpetonga, Davis Lake and Camp Hayden. I know a similar pennant exists for Camp Man [...]
Here is another video from the Ten Mile River Scout Museum, this one on the history of Camp Man 1930-1938. Camp Man was the Camp for Queens Council and was located on Crytsal Lake. Modern Camp Kernochan uses much of the land of what was Camp Man.
In a previous posting on the history of the TMR Scout, I wrote that most of the two color patches had a horizontal separation between the color arcs. Larry Strauss provides an image of the Red/Orange Twill Cloth Patch with a vertical separation. Does anyone else have other varieties?
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