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Great Smoky Mountain Council - Boy Scouts of America company history timeline

1916

The first professional Scout Executive, John Gore, was hired in 1916.

1920

The first World Scout Jamboree was held in London England in 1920, with the United States sending 301 Scouts.

1930

The Knox County Council continued to grow, absorbing other councils, and changed its name to the Knoxville Area Council in 1930.

1936

The council leased the land where Camp Pellissippi is located in 1936 and held its first camp there two years later with 75 Scouts.

1942

By 1942 the council was serving 18 counties and the number of Scouts had more than double over the previous five years.

1943

On August 13th, 1943 Hawkins selected eleven youth from the Summer camp staff to become the first members of the Pellissippi Lodge.

During the Great Depression, the three councils were consolidated and later, in 1943, renamed the Great Smoky Mountain Council.

1976

In 1976 the dinning hall at Camp Pellissippi burned down and the council decided not to rebuild it and use Camp Buck Toms as its only residence camp going forward.

1977

In 1977, the dining hall at Camp Pellissippi burned down.

2016

In 2016, more than three-fourth’s of the council’s Scouts attended a week-long summer camp or high adventure experience.

2022

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