MTCBSA, ER Dist, Adventures of Scouting #5 Traditional Cache

Middle Tennessee Council, Elk River District, Adventures of Scouting, Backpacking.

Scouting offers the sort of adventures that many youth never get the opportunity to experience.  From cycling to climbing to SCUBA to caving, scouts get to explore their world.  This cache series is dedicated to the various activities that scouts can partake in.  Each cache, at its publishing, has a trading card that highlights one of the many adventures in scouting and an orienteering punch to punch an Adventures in Scouting score card.  This card can be downloaded at This cache was placed with permission and will delight ornithologists, nature lovers, and history buffs alike.

The land that currently houses Arnold AFB was originally used by the military beginning in 1926 as Camp Peay (named for TN Governor Austin Peay), a training facility for the National Guard.  After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, government officials convinced the army to take control of Camp Peay and turn it into a federal induction center, renamed Camp Forrest (for the American Civil War cavalryman General Nathan Bedford Forrest). During WW2, an estimated 250,000 soldiers passed through the gates of Camp Forrest.  It was was a training area for infantry, artillery, engineer, and signal organizations. It also served as a hospital center and temporary encampment area for troops during maneuvers.   Camp Forrest officially became a Prisoner of War Camp on May 12, 1942. The camp received, housed, secured, and administrated Italian, Japanese and German POWs.  In 1946, the war was over and Camp Forrest was declared surplus property. Buildings were sold at auction, torn down and
carted away. Water and sewage systems and electrical systems were sold as salvage. All that remained were roads, brick chimneys and concrete foundations.  Trees were planted to cover the area.  Notice how the trees you're standing amongst are all in straight lines.

On June 25, 1951, President Harry S. Truman formally dedicated the Arnold Engineering Development Corporation Center (AEDC), named in honor of General "Hap" Arnold, who commanded the Army Air Forces during World War II.
Read more history:  http://www.arnold.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070213-027.pdf

If you have any problems downloading the passport form the link above or would like to have an alternative, prettier one, it can be downloaded here: http://webpages.charter.net/eposanka/scouts/ERDPassport.pdf  Both have been approved by the BSA Council and are acceptable.

NOTE: This is the replacement to cache GC237XV.