In 1886, Daniel Carter Beard joined Henry George's Single-tax movement and became a strong advocate of the Georgist philosophy.

[6] With Mark Twain's approval, Beard's illustrations for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court were a Georgist interpretation of the story.

[7] In 1908 while living in Redding, Connecticut, Beard was among those on hand to welcome Mark Twain upon his arrival to the author's new villa Stormfield.

[8] Beard became the editor of Recreation magazine launched by his friend George O. Shields and wrote a monthly column for youth.

Since Women's Home Companion retained the rights to the name, he simply renamed the organization to Boy Pioneers of America.

The work of both Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton are in large part the basis of the Traditional Scouting movement.

[17] The National Program Director of the Boy Scouts of America, E. Urner Goodman, was selected to be in charge of the beloved youth leader's funeral in Suffern.

An estimated 2,000 people lined the funeral route to the cemetery in Monsey, New York, where 127 Boy Scouts formed an honor guard and assisted with traffic control.

The Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois, has long had a campground called Camp Dan Beard.

[22] Every year on February 8, in commemoration of Founders Day, local Scouts place a wreath on Beard's grave at the Brick Church Cemetery.