Scouting, Volume 61, Number 8, November-December 1973 Page: 22
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The eighth National Scout
Jamboree last August was
a king-size, all-stops-out
Scout happening. Breathtak-
ing is the word that springs
to mind.
For the first time in history,
a national jamboree was
held at two sites —
jamboree-west at Farragut
State Park, Idaho, and
jamboree-east at Moraine
State Park, Pa. Together
they drew 72,000 Scouts and
Scouters, eclipsing by
16,000 the previous record
jamboree crowd at Colorado
Springs, Colo., in 1960.
Jamboree-west drew 28,000
and jamboree-east 44,000.
America's transportation
industry rose to what was
probably its greatest chal-
lenge in getting the
jamboree-goers to and from
the big event. More than
5,000 vehicles were char-
tered, and trains and planes
and thousands of private
cars were used.
At both sites, tents of ev-
ery color and shape dotted
the hills and hollows as far
as the eye could see. Be-
cause of the fast-paced
schedule of activities, the
campsites were deserted
much of the time except for
BY BRADLEY EVERETT
meals and after "Taps."
At mealtimes, the Scouts
waded into huge quantities
of chow — 136,000 loaves of
bread, 714,000 quarts of
milk, 72,000 trout, 204,000
chickens, 425,000 eggs and
the equivalent of 3,500 beef
cattle on the hoof. And it
took 340 tons of charcoal to
cook the meals.
Each jamboree site was a
city, complete with post of-
fice, trading posts, commis-
sary, engineering shop, hos-
pital, sanitation system and
bank. Each site had its own
newspaper and radio station
run by the boys. To spread
the jamboree news far and
wide, many Scouts acted as
correspondents for newspa-
pers and stations back
home.
Banks of telephones pro-
vided communication with
home. An around-the-clock
jamboree watch was main-
tained at the BSA's national
office in North Brunswick,
N.J., for emergencies. Calls
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