Handbook Highway - 1919 Traditional Cache

Welcome to the Handbook Highway

This is a new version of the Handbook Highway. When it was originally published, it was in celebration of the BSA’s Centennial program – Get in the Game! and in dedication to the BSA for bringing us to this game. And with that …...we give you a little history of the Boy Scout Handbook.

You are mainly seeking 35mm film containers placed at the base of a metal post or in a guard rail. However there are a few magnetic key holders. They are only hidden in areas with wide shoulders and/or ample parking and they tend to shy away from homes and businesses. As always, be careful as you hunt them, the world can be a dangerous place.

Second Edition / 1919

The second edition cover artwork was by J. C. Leyendecker. It was a painting of a pair of Scouts (wearing red neckerchiefs) signaling in semaphore. The original picture was a Saturday Evening Post magazine cover (donated to the BSA) and had the Scouts using Morse code flags to send a non-existent semaphore letter. Both mistakes were eventually corrected by BSA artists. Also, artists updated the equipment pictured on the Scouts at least once.

There are three main variants of the Leyendecker painting, and five different background colors: grey, rose, red, pale green and olive green. There were more than 2,000,000 copies printed.