Lassie - Episode

Inspired by a hiking talk during an Explorer Scout meeting, Timmy and some friends decide to go hiking - which unfortunately leads them into trouble.
TRIVIA: The history of the boy scouts, and scouting go back to the turn of the 20th century in the US. Several scouting organizations were to be found throughout the US in 1901, all founded on pretty much the same principle. It wasn't until about 1910 that all the various groups where absorbed into one: The Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
W. D. Boyce was an American newspaper man and entrepreneur who help found the BSA organization in the US. According to legend, he was lost on a foggy street in London when an unknown Scout came to his aid, guiding him back to his destination. The boy then refused Boyce's tip, explaining that he was merely doing his duty as a Boy Scout. Immediately afterwards, Boyce met with General Robert Baden-Powell, who was the head of the Boy Scout Association at that time. Boyce returned to America, and, four months later, founded the Boy Scouts of America. This version of the legend has been printed in numerous BSA handbooks and magazines. There are several variations of this legend, such as one that claims he knew about Scouting ahead of time. That's the legend.
Reality was somewhat different: in content and the weather. The truth is that, Boyce stopped in London en route to a safari in British East Africa. It is also true that an unknown Scout helped him and refused a tip. But this Scout only helped him cross a street to a hotel, did not take him to the Scout headquarters, and Boyce never met Baden-Powell. Upon Boyce's request, the unknown Scout did give him the address of the Scout headquarters, where Boyce went on his own and picked up information about the group. Weather reports show that London had no fog that day. Boyce returned to London after his safari and visited the Scout headquarters again and gained the use of Scouting for Boys in the development of a US Scouting program.
Orginially the Scout troops focused on the 12-17-year old age group. This led to an age gap that was filled with the formation of the Boy Rangers of America, a separate organization for boys eight through twelve based on an American Indian theme. Groups were called "dens" and the Wolf Scouting Handbook was used, thus transferring the name "Cub" to all the young members of the den. Also a "Den Mother" was installed as the pack's leader and it wasn't until 1967 that the den mother position was changed to den leader and opened to males and females. The BSA finally began some experimental younger member units in 1928, and in 1930 the BSA began registering the first Cubbing packs, absorbing the Boy Rangers in total, including their structure.
BSA membership rose dramatically between 1950 and 1960, from 2.8 million to 5.2 million. Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts lowered their age limits, and Exploring was extensively modified to include vocational exploration.
The BSA currently stands as the largest secular youth organization in the United States