Schiff Nature Preserve: Dan Beard Cabin Traditional Cache
Schiff Nature Preserve: Dan Beard Cabin
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(regular)
Related Web Page
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
You are looking for a regular-sized Lock-n-lock.
Dedicated in 1933, the Boy Scouts named the property the Schiff Reservation and developed it into its national Boy Scout Training Camp. From this location the famous "Green Bar” Bill Hillcourt, Scoutmaster of the Mendham Troop, and others worked on the Boy Scout Handbooks, Boys Life Magazine, and numerous field manuals and nature guides. The Dan Beard Cabin, named after the first National Scout Commissioner, was originally part of a Boy Scouts' Service Camp that was constructed for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. At one time a film studio was adjacent to the present location of this cabin. This film studio was, at one time, the largest film studio on the east coast. The studio was a gift of the artist Norman Rockwell and Thomas Watson of IBM. Norman Rockwell's famous paintings were on permanent display for a time and he was known to have used the Schiff Reservation as the scenes for some of his famous paintings. The Woodbadge Lodge, built in the 1960, the Marge Davidson Administration Building, and the Dan Beard Cabin are the last Scout facilities remaining after the sale of the property in 1979.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
"Gur Obl Fpbhgf bs Nzrevpn cebivqr n fbyvq sbhaqngvba sbe fgebat yrnqrefuvc fxvyyf."