Scouting in Texas has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.
The claims of several troops to be the first organized in Texas, whether before or after the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910, are difficult to verify.
BSA archives do show that the thirty-seventh registered scoutmaster in the country was a Texan, Rev.
An article in the Victoria, Weekly Advocate (probably January 10, 1911 edition) refers to the Floresville Boy Scout troop as the second oldest in Texas.
The BSA report to Congress for 1930 named Dallas as one of the southern cities in which Scouting was growing in the black community.
Jewish youth had been active in Scouting in San Antonio for many years before a synagogue sponsored a troop for them in 1924.
Most Girl Scouts of the USA units were originally segregated by race according to state and local laws and customs.
In 1936, the first African American Girl Scout troop west of the Mississippi was formed in Texas.
The counties served by the Alamo Area BSA include Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, and Wilson.
serves 24,000 young people, and is led by the current Scout Executive, Jon Yates.
Tonkawa Lodge #99 was proudly had one of its members become the Order of the Arrow National Chief in 2011, Jonathan "Bunker" Hillis.
The Circle Ten Council serves BSA units in 24 counties across North Texas and portions of Oklahoma.
However, Parmer County, Texas is included in the council territory because of its proximity to Clovis, New Mexico.
Based in Wichita Falls, the Northwest Texas Council serves almost 100 units in 12 Texas counties (Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, and Wilbarger).
[4] It covers 5 counties, including Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Starr & Zapata and it serves a membership of approximately, 4,000 youth and 1,500 adult leaders in the southernmost parts of Texas.
Yucca Council serves Scouts in Texas and New Mexico in the El Paso area.
It was assigned to the former Girl Scouts — Lone Star Council by the Lower Colorado River Authority, and was dedicated on July 17, 1949.
Council Offices: Program Centers: The Dallas Girl Scouts were established in December 1920 through the joint efforts of Mr. Elmer Scott and members of the Business and Professional Women's Club.
In 2007, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas was born through the merger of Cross Timbers, Red River Valley, and Tejas Councils.
Spanning 23,000 square miles, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas serves nearly 25,000 girls and 12,500 adults in 32 northeast Texas counties: Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Freestone, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt and Wood.
to practice a lifetime of leadership, by providing access to countless girl-led experiences, skill-building opportunities, and connections, because girls built of courage, confidence, and character make the world a better place.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council was founded by Mrs. F. M. Law and Miss Corinne Fonde in 1922 in Houston.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council serves 26 counties in Southeast Texas, including Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller, and Wharton.
The Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, in the same building, features a timeline from the start of the council in the 1920s until the present, and interactive displays.
[22] The entrance canopy of the Program Place was designed and built by University of Houston graduate architecture students.
[26] The center has over 4,000 square feet (370 m2) of space and includes a workroom, classroom and exhibit hall, as well as overnight accommodations for two naturalists.
The council received the 2008 Excellence in Wood Design Award from the Texas Forestry Association (TFA) for the Nature Center.
It is located on Galveston Bay in Seabrook, Texas and under ownership of the Girl Scouts San Jacinto Council.
Camp Casa Mare was founded in 1958[28] and has offered sailing programs, aquatics, and sporting activities, not to mention performing arts and academic classes.
During Hurricane Ike, a great oak tree fell on the lodge and half the building was declared unsafe and unrepairable.