Scouting, Volume 48, Number 2, February 1960 Page: 43
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im ook at Philmont's two hundred square miles of
the Old West out where the Great Plains meet the
Sangre de Cristos range of the Rockies, and where the
Santa Fe and Taos Trails cross. Watch the herds of
buffalo, antelope, and deer; the trout and beaver in the
mountain streams; the eagles soaring over the canyons
and mesas. See the Indian writings, abandoned gold
mines, and Kit Carson's restored home.
Philmont Scout Ranch's 127,000 acres in northeastern
New Mexico justify the state's sobriquet, "Land of En-
chantment." Philmont's western heritage, inspiring
beauty, and varied terrain provide an ideal setting for
wilderness expeditions as rugged as Explorers and
older Boy Scouts want to take. On the other hand the
ranch provides civilized accommodations for volunteer
Scouters who come with their families for training and
vacation combined.
In one season more than 12,000 boys and leaders
have explored Philmont. They come with leaders from
their chartered unit or their council's provisional unit.
With a ranger's guidance each expedition makes its
own plans and then hits the trail for the rest of the
twelve-day period. By the end they have had a taste of
the life of the early western mountain men, depending
largely on a back pack, plus a few hours on horseback.
At the training center in one season up to 1,500
Scouters have completed a variety of week-long volun-
teer courses that prepare them to conduct similar courses
back home. Scouters from almost every state meet and
exchange ideas as part of their training.
Living in a tent city at the original rancho, eating in
the cafeteria, enjoying the special recreation programs
for each age group of the family makes this a vacation
for all as a sideline to training for dad.
Philmont opportunities were made possible by Mr.
and Mrs. Waite Phillips, who donated the ranch to the
Boy Scouts of America "for the purpose of perpetuating
faith — self-reliance — integrity — freedom — prin-
ciples used to build this great country by the Ameri-
can pioneer."
The Phillips' gifts, made in 1938 and 1941, included
an office building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as an endowment
for the ranch. The donors have seen Philmont grow into
an outdoor mecca for all Explorers, older Scouts, and
Scouters. Through those who have been there, the in-
spiration of Philmont adventure and training radiates
all over America.
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