Hi Bob, I went to Prairie Gold in the late 60's to early 70's, Eagle 1972 and Brotherhood member in OA. My arrow must have been bulldozed. If I'd only known....
For those of you who remember them, I have uploaded a picture Jim & Elaine Hall - respectively former Camp Cedars Ranger and Head Cook - furnished by their...
Dear Friends, Family, Colleagues, Foes, and those who still remain uncategorized: Efficiency may not be my middle name, but it would have been had I had a ...
Little Sioux Scout Ranch and Covered Wagon Scout Reservation (Cedars & Eagle) are in need of your help. There are always projects that the camps need your...
Nebraska History magazine, published by the Nebraska State Historical Society, in their Winter 2006 edition (Vol. 87, No. 4) has an article on the Pawnee...
If you are interested in Omaha area BSA memorabilia, there is a truly great post card right now for sale on eBay. It is of the old Sea Explorer ship which...
I put a copy of that scanned postcard in this group's Photos section, so we'll have a copy of it after it disappears from eBay. Use the URL below or navigate...
RARE COVERED WAGON COUNCIL CAMPS COPPER BUCKLE With BELT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120106668011&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1 (If the URL...
I just found this group yesterday when I did a Google search for Thomas Ashford. I no longer live in NW Iowa, so I had no idea about its status. I found this...
TASR is in the best shape it has been for years. It has training, activities, camporees, O.A. events, and Cub Camping. It has everything but a Scout Camp....
lloyd roitstein
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Jun 14, 2007 9:48 pm
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David, By the time you see this, you will have probably seen Scout Executive Lloyd Roitstein's reply to you about the current status of TASR. Anyway, welcome...
Again this summer, I will be traveling with long-time friend and former Camp Cedars staff member, Jack Liike, to bring him from Chicago to the start of RAGBRAI...
There are a few new pictures uploaded which I took when I was in the area recently. They are in the LSSR, Ashford, and Faces Now photo albums. I will make note...
I was exploring Facebook's Cedars staff group today when I found this group being mentioned. I am a current staff member at Cedars and just finished up a very...
Welcome to this group to the recently-joined members. We're glad you've found us, and look forward to your participation. Camp Cedars Facebook? I had not heard...
Who was Thomas Ashford? I've done a bit of checking and not found much relevant to why the Scout Ranch is named for him. Perhaps someone can enlighten us! Some...
Thomas Ashford was a mortician who acquired parcels of land from the Native Americans in payment for funerals and donated the land the to Council. I will see...
lloyd roitstein
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Aug 15, 2007 4:52 pm
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Larry, If you call the Dakota County Historical Society, they will have much on Thomas Ashford. Allen Beermann...
Did anyone check to see if the property was donated by Thomas Ashford or his family? Check the county records. Moderator's note: You're probably right on about...
Heidi/Phil Bachenberg
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Aug 15, 2007 9:57 pm
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Facebook.com is a social networking site and there is a group on there called "Camp Cedars Staff". You have to have an account with Facebook in order to view...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the MidAmericaCouncilCampsStaffAlumni group: If an all-year, all-camp staff reunion were scheduled for...
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Aug 20, 2007 10:39 pm
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Due to distance, I'm not in a position to do any real organizing or leg-work on a Staff Reunion, but I would certainly try to attend if some of your folks...
I vote for a return reunion at the former camp Wakonda (I'm a Wakonda staffer til the end) but would definitely be interested in a all year reunion whereever...
These patches came up on one of my eBay auto-searches. I've seen similar on eBay before. I question they are / were issued by M-A-C in that they 1) Do not say...
Yes, I have them all myself. They were issued to the best of my knowledge shortly after the camp renovations. j Aguilar 9/10/07 Just because the voices in your...
Larry - I believe I have seen the more lavender colored patch on some of our boys who attended camp in the last few years. I don't think they are very old....
These are what the campers and leaders got for several years at Cedars before the current "plus sign" shaped one. I wish they'd have put the years on them,...
I remember them but not the years. Some cheap Exec - probably me - kept the dates off to save money and reuse them! Lloyd...
lloyd roitstein
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Oct 18, 2007 10:19 pm
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My thanks to each and every one of you who replied. I tend to stand by my original thought that they should, somewhere, have M-A-C identification on them. They...
