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.