Scouting on the Westside of Los Angeles got its start 0n August, 30 1910, when a meeting of young boys was organized in Venice, CA, by German born veteran-Emile Weims. Less than two weeks later, a second group of twelve boys, led by twelve year old Meritt Van Sant, formed as the American Boy Scouts (ABS) of Santa Monica. By the start of 1922, the American Boy Scouts had since disappeared and there were nine troops of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) on the Westside. Crescent Bay District Council formed on January 12, 1922 with 194 Scouts and $6,500 in pledges from local businessmen. George G. Bechtel served as the first Council President and Scoutmaster Donald Monroe was hired as the first Scout Executive. Communities represented included Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Venice, Ocean Park, Sawtelle (Brentwood/West Los Angeles), Sherman (West Hollywood prior to 1925), Inglewood, Hermosa Beach, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Hyde Park, Palms and Lawndale.
The southern communities within the Council including Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Hyde Park, El Segundo, Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach, split off to form their own Council in 1925, quickly merging into Los Angeles Council in 1927. Scouting within the remaining communities of Crescent Bay Council flourished until 1972 when it merged with the San Fernando Valley Council to form Great Western Council. Today, the former Crescent Bay Council is a district of Western Los Angeles County Council.

During its fifty-plus year history, the Scouts from Crescent Bay distinguished themselves and their Council as among the best in the United States. In the 1920's, they almost became the wealthiest Boy Scout Council in the country. Their camps offered some of the most unique and finest camping experiences anywhere. The Council's scouts and supporters were leaders in all fields, including business, the professions, sports, and even as advisers to U.S. Presidents. Crescent Bay members went on to leadership roles in professional scouting including ascending to the position of Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.

Find What You are Looking For

There are three ways to navigate through the Crescent Bay Council web site:

SUBJECT TABS - found to the left, these khaki green tabs are set up by subject: Council, Camps, Order of the Arrow, Training, Troops etc. When you pass your cursor over a tab, more BROWN TABS will display allowing you to further narrow your search. SUBJECT TABS display on the left of every page. While the site is under construction, pages that are still being developed will display as empty.
Page Finder INDEX - found below, the Page Finder Index is organized by the type of information you are looking for such as patches, histories, lists, photos, documents etc. Click on any topic to go directly where you want. The Page Finder INDEX link displays in the upper right corner of every page.
What's New - found to the right, lists all pages and items posted to the web site by date with the newest items at the top. Click on any item to go there directly.

About the Images

There are currently over five thousand images plus video within the Crescent Bay Council web site. Care has been taken to reproduce the memorabilia, photos and documents allowing for detailed, high-resolution, display.

While the majority of images are easily viewed directly on the screen, you may occasionally want a closer look. Viewers of the site have reported on various ways to magnify images and read documents that may not seem readable at first glance. Users that have touch-screen capabilities on their computers or pads can blow-up the pages directly on their screens. Firefox® users can "right click" on any image and then click "view image" to open a larger image in a new window. Many computer systems have a Zoom function to view the screen at 150% and 200%. Apple® users can use their normal touch-screen zoom function. It is also possible to copy images and paste them into Microsoft Word®, thereby allowing for magnification as may be required.

About the Crescent Bay Historical Project

The Project is the result of more than fifty years of data and memorabilia collecting and preservation by a small group of scouting historians, all with memories of their younger days as Boy Scouts in the Crescent Bay Area Council. The images pictured are part of the collection and archive assembled by Dr. Jeff Morley from 1965 through the present. Special thanks go out to Bill Topkis, whose advice and help in locating and acquiring items for the collection and archive have been invaluable.

Acknowledgments are also due to the former Scouts of Crescent Bay Area Council whose efforts have helped preserve the history of scouting on the Westside of Los Angles and whose generous gifts of memorabilia, documents and photos have contributed to the building of the Crescent Bay Council Archive.

Board of Directors

Dr. Jeff Morley

Founder & Webmaster

Bill Topkis Director	Frank Glick Director	Tom Gould Director
	Contributors
Adam Lombard	Dr. Paul Millman	Mike Robbins 1940-2012
Frank Sanford	Pierce Weir 1934-2014	Don Kyle
Marc Medoff	Hon. Kenneth Chotiner	Keith Bair
Barney Mann	Larry Solow	Dr. Brian Solow
A. Lee Sellers	Michael Doland	Jeff Feldman
Lorry Clark	Rich Wise	Joe Rosenthal
Bill Van Slyke 1909-1983	Ken Simpson	John Wilson
Rick Breithaupt	Phil Parlett 1952-2006	Gary Christiansen

What follows is a pictorial history of the Council, its districts, programs, camps, people and memorabilia. Enjoy browsing through the pages. If you have information, images or memorabilia that should be added, please contact Dr. Morley

PLEASE SUPPORT THE CRESCENT BAY COUNCIL HISTORICAL PROJECT
Through PHOTOS, MEMORABILIA, DOCUMENTS AND STORIES

LINKS

Emerald Bay Association

Page Finder INDEX

Pages posted to the site as of:

4-22-21

	COMPLETED PAGES		UNDER CONSTRUCTION

	LISTS
TROOPS	PACKS		EXPLORER POSTS	SHIPS
DISTRICTS	EMERALD BAY STAFF NECKERCHIEFS		POLARIS 3 STAR	SQUADRONS
TAMET LODGE CHIEF PHOTOS	TAMET LODGE CHAPTERS		TAMET CHAPTER OFFICERS-ADVISORS	TAMET LODGE OFFICERS-ADVISORS
TAMET LODGE VIGILS	TAMET LODGE VIGIL PHOTOS		TAMET LODGE 1942 ORIGINAL MEMBERS	NAMES ON JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL
COUNCIL CAMPORALS CAMPOREES 1933-71	COUNCIL POW WOWS 1921-1941

	ABOUT
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING	SHOWANDO		DEN MOTHER TRAINING	WOOD BADGE
COMMUNITY STRIPS	CAMP SLAUSON
FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER	TROOP AWARDS		COUNCIL PROGRAMS	SOAR PROGRAM
CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	SCOUT-O-RAMA		LODGE CHIEFS PLAQUE	CAMP TREFOIL
VIGIL MEDALLIONS	CAMP WOLVERTON		TAMET CHAPTER CHEROKEE	TAMET CHAPTER COMANCHE
TAMET CHAPTER DAKOTA- SEMINOLE	TAMET CHAPTERS GABRIELENO PIMU SEQUOYAH		TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS	TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK
TAMET CHAPTER SA'ANGA	TAMET CHAPTER SHOSHONE		TAMET CHAPTER SIOUX	CUB POW WOW
TAMET ARROW SLIDES	TAMET TOM-TOMS		TAMET LODGE CHAPTERS	TAMET LODGE No. 225
TOUR CAMP	TRIBE OF PEQUAWKET		TRIBE OF TEMESCAL	INDEX OF ALL COUNCIL EVENTS
COUNCIL CAMPORALS CAMPOREES 1933-71	OTHER COUNCIL EVENTS		COUNCIL SWIM MEETS
CAMP JOSEPHO	CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE		CAMP EMERALD BAY	CAMP JOSEPHO MURALS
MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE	TAMET CHIEFS PHOTO WALL AT JOSEPHO		SERVICE SCOUT CSS & SSS	WOLVERTON BEAR CLAW AWARDS
COUNCIL POW WOWS 1921-1941

	HISTORIES
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING	SHOWANDO		DEN MOTHER TRAINING	WOOD BADGE
COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45	COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-72		SCOUT-O-RAMA	COUNCIL POW WOW 1921-1941
TAMET CHIEFS	CAMP SLAUSON		CAMP TREFOIL	TAMET LODGE CHAPTERS
COUNCIL BEGINNING AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS 1910	COUNCIL 1910'S
COUNCIL 1920'S	COUNCIL 1930'S		COUNCIL 1940'S	COUNCIL 1950'S
COUNCIL 1950'S	COUNCIL 1970'S		TAMET LODGE FOUNDING 1942	CAMP JOSEPHO 1941
CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE	CAMP JOSEPHO BROCHURES & BOOKLETS		CAMP EMERALD BAY BEFORE 1925	CAMP EMERALD BAY FIRST YEAR 1925
CAMP WOLVERTON 1939-1945	HIGH SIERRA CAMP 1920's-30's		COUNCIL EVENTS	CAMP JOSEPHO BEFORE 1940
TAMET LODGE CHIEFS NECKLACES	COUNCIL CAMPORAL 1941-71		COUNCIL CAMPORAL 1933-40	CAMP JOSEPHO 1940

	PATCHES
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONER
SNOW CAMPING	DEN MOTHER TRAINING		COUNCIL INSIGNIA	TROOP AWARDS
COMMUNITY STRIPS A-C	COMMUNITY STRIPS D-O		COMMUNITY STRIPS P-T	COMMUNITY STRIPS V-Z
COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-72	FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER		CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	CAMP SLAUSON
S.O.A.R.	RELIGIOUS EVENTS		SCOUT-O-RAMA	SCOUT-O-RAMA ARMBANDS
CUB SCOUT CAMP OUTS	CUB POW-WOW		CUB SCOUT DAY CAMPS	VENICE & MARINA SCOUT-O-RAMA
TAMET SUNS & AREA PATCHES	TAMET EVENTS		TAMET FLAPS	TAMET FLAPS IDENTIFICATION
TAMET CHAPTER DAKOTA	TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS		TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK	TAMET CHAPTER SA'ANGA
TAMET CHAPTER SIOUX	TAMET CHAPTER COMANCHE		VIGIL MEDALLIONS	TAMET CHAPTER SHOSHONE
CIRCLE B SCOUT RANCH	SCOUT-O-RAMA BUCK CLUB		CAMP WOLVERTON 1939-53	CAMP WOLVERTON PACK TRIPS
COUNCIL CAMPORAL 1941-71	CAMP WOLVERTON 1973-2011		CAMP WOLVERTON 1954-72	CAMP WOLVERTON HIKES & TRAILS
CAMP JOSEPHO 1941-57	CAMP JOSEPHO 1958-PRESENT		PACK TRIPS 14,495 CLUB	TOUR CAMP
BEVERLY HILLS ACTIVITY PATCHES	CULVER PALMS ACTIVITY PATCHES		GOLDEN TRAILS ACTIVITY PATCHES	VENICE ACTIVITY PATCHES
SANTA MONICA ACTIVITY PATCHES	WESTWOOD ACTIVITY PATCHES		WILL ROGERS ACTIVITY PATCHES	MARINA ACTIVITY PATCHES
WILSHIRE-SUNSET ACTIVITY PATCHES	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1925-1946		CAMP EMERALD BAY 1947-53	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1954-72
CAMP EMERALD BAY 1973-84	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1985-99		CAMP EMERALD BAY 2000-07	CAMP EMERALD BAY 2008-2014
PATCHES NOT FROM CAMP EMERALD BAY	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF PIRATES		OA AREA 12-E & 12-A	SEA SCOUT & EXPLORER RENDEZVOUS
KFI JAMBOREE & SIERRA PATROL	AIR SCOUT REGIONAL EVENTS		GREAT WESTERN ERA ACTIVITY PATCHES	CRESCENT BAY DISTRICT PATCHES
CAMP TREFOIL	CAMP EMERALD BAY 2015-PRESENT		DISTRICT POW WOW 1938-50	S-O-R BUCK CLUB
AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS ABS

	NECKERCHIEFS
LEADER TRAINING	JLT DISTRICTS		JLT COUNCIL	POLARIS
COUNCIL	COUNCIL EVENTS		COMMISSIONERS	MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT
CAMP SLAUSON	S.O.A.R.		CUB SCOUT CAMP OUTS	TAMET LODGE
TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS	TROOP 258 TRAINING		CAMP WOLVERTON	CAMP JOSEPHO
CAMP EMERALD BAY RUGGED "E"	CAMP EMERALD BAY CAMPER 1920'S-72		CAMP EMERALD BAY CAMPER 1973-	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF 1920'S-86
CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF 1987-PRESENT	BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT		WESTWOOD DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT
GOLDEN TRAILS DISTRICT	MARINA DISTRICT		CULVER PALMS DISTRICT	SERVICE SCOUT CSS
OA AREA 12-E & 12-A	CRESCENT BAY DISTRICT

	SLIDES & 3-D
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SHOWANDO	WOOD BADGE		COUNCIL	COUNCIL DECALS SEALS
S.O.A.R.	RELIGIOUS EVENTS		COUNCIL EVENTS	CUB SCOUT WEBELOS
SCOUT-O-RAMA SLIDES	SCOUT-O-RAMA 3-D 1954-69		SCOUT-O-RAMA 3-D 1970-72	TAMET CHAPTER CHEROKEE
TAMET CHAPTER IROQUOIS	TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK		TAMET CHAPTER SA'ANGA	TAMET CHAPTER SIOUX
TAMET ARROW SLIDES	TAMET OTHER SLIDES & 3-D		CIRCLE B SCOUT RANCH	1971 ECOL-O-REE
MARINA DISTRICT	VENICE DISTRICT		WILL ROGERS DISTRICT	WESTWOOD DISTRICT
CAMP EMERALD BAY	CAMP EMERALD BAY BELT BUCKLES		WOLVERTON BEAR CLAWS	CAMP WOLVERTON
CULVER PALMS DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT		BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT	GOLDEN TRAILS DISTRICT
AREA 12-E CONFERENCES	TAMET LODGE CHIEFS NECKLACES		SHOWANDO	KFI

RIBBONS	• LEATHERS		• PENNANTS •	ARM BANDS
COUNCIL POW WOW AWARDS 1927-35	COUNCIL POW WOW AWARDS 1936-40's		COUNCIL CAMPORAL AWARDS 1933-40	COUNCIL CAMPORAL AWARDS 1941-71
CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	SCOUT-O-RAMA		TAMET LODGE EVENTS	WINDOW DISPLAY
OTHER COUNCIL EVENTS	COUNCIL SWIM MEETS		BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT SWIM MEETS	GOLDEN TRAILS CAMPOREE PENNANT
CAMP EMERALD BAY PENNANT	WILSHIRE DISTRICT SCOUT WEEK		WESTWOOD DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT LEATHERS
VENICE DISTRICT	SANTA MONICA DISTRICT PENNANT		MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE	CULVER PALMS DISTRICT
MARINA DISTRICT LEATHERS	MARINA DISTRICT RIBBONS		MARINA DISTRICT BANNERS	WESTWOOD DISTRICT PENNANTS & BANNERS
KFI & KECA BANNERS	SERVICE SCOUT CSS STRIPES		COUNCIL PROGRAMS

	MEDALS & PINS
COUNCIL PROGRAM AWARDS	SCOUT-O-RAMA 1963-69		SCOUT-O-RAMA 1970-71	TAMET LODGE
1963 GOOD TURN DAY PIN	CAMP EMERALD BAY		TRIBE OF PEQUAWKET	MT. WHITNEY TREK
SANTA MONICA DISTRICT	SERVICE SCOUT PINS & MEDALS		SEA SCOUT SHIPS	EARLY 1930'S SWIMMING MEDALS
WOLVERTON	OA AREA 12-E		CB AWARD & POW WOW MEDAL	TAMET LODGE CHIEFS NECKLACES
AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS ABS

	STAFF JACKETS
POLARIS	CAMP EMERALD BAY		CAMP WOLVERTON	CAMP JOSEPHO

	T-SHIRTS • HATS	•	VESTS •TRUNKS
COUNCIL HATS & T-SHIRTS	CAMP JOSEPHO T-SHIRTS		CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF T-SHIRTS 1985-	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF T-SHIRTS 1947-84
CAMP WOLVERTON SWEATSHIRTS	OA AREA 12-E VESTS		EMERALD BAY LEADER T-SHIRTS 1970s	EMERALD BAY CAMPER T-SHIRTS 1947-84
SEA SCOUT SHIP SWEATSHIRTS	AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS ABS SHIRT		EMERALD BAY CAMPER T-SHIRTS 1985-	CAMP EMERALD BAY SWEATSHIRTS
CAMP WOLVERTON T-SHIRTS			CAMP EMERALD BAY HATS	CAMP EMERALD BAY STAFF TRUNKS 1930s

	TROPHY MERIT		BADGE SASHES
EMERALD BAY	JOSEPHO		WOLVERTON	KFI-SIERRA PATROL

	CARDS
TAMET MEMBERSHIP CARDS	TAMET PATCH CARD		SCOUT-O-RAMA "I GAVE A BUCK"	LEADER TRAINING
SNOW CAMPING	SUSTAINING MEMBER		CUB POW-WOW	SCOUT-O-RAMA PATCH PLACARDS
COMMISSIONERS	S.O.A.R.		SERVICE SCOUT CSS	COUNCIL POW WOW INSPECTION CARD

	TICKETS
WOLVERTON SKI BOWL	VENICE S-O-R		MARINA S-O-R	BEVERLY HILLS WESTWOOD S-O-R
SCOUT-O-RAMA	TAMET LODGE ORDER OF ARROW

	CERTIFICATES
COUNCIL	WINDOW DISPLAY		LEADER TRAINING	JLT
POLARIS	TAMET LODGE		TAMET CAMPING AWARDS	JUNIOR LEADER CONFERENCES
TAMET VIGIL HONOR	OA AREA 12-E		SCOUT-O-RAMA	COMMISSIONERS
1950 EXPLORER MOOT	VENICE DISTRICT SCOUT-O-RAMA		COUNCIL CAMP-O-RALS	COUNCIL POW WOWS


	PHOTOS
JLT	POLARIS		SNOW CAMPING	WOOD BADGE
COUNCIL POW WOW AWARDS 1927	CAMP SLAUSON 1930'S		CAMP SLAUSON 1940-72	CAMP TREFOIL
SCOUT-O-RAMA	SCOUT-O-RAMA COLLAGES		TAMET LODGE CHIEFS	TAMET LODGE VIGIL MEMBERS
TAMET CHAPTER MOHAWK	TAMET VIGILS WEARING MEDALION		TAMET RITUAL TEAM 1940'S-50'S	TAMET RITUAL TEAM 1960'S-72
CAMP JOSEPHO STAFF	COUNCIL CAMP-O-RALS		CAMP JOSEPHO WAR MEMORIAL FLAG POLE	CAMP JOSEPHO EXPLORER MOOT 1950
COUNCIL POW WOWS	WESTWOOD DISTRICT

	POSTCARDS
CAMP EMERALD BAY 1929-31	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1932-39		CAMP EMERALD BAY 1940's	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1950-present

	VIDEOS
CAMP JOSEPHO 1943 - 1944	OA CEREMONY CAMP JOSEPHO 1943-44		KFI SIERRA PATROL PACK TRIPS	CAMP WOLVERTON 1951
SCOUT-O-RAMA 1955	OA CEREMONY CAMP EMERALD BAY 1951		CAMP EMERALD BAY 1936-39	CAMP EMERALD BAY 1951
CUB SCOUT GRAND HOWL 1948

	DOCUMENTS
LEADER TRAINING	JLT		POLARIS	COMMISSIONERS
SNOW CAMPING	DEN MOTHER TRAINING		FELLOWSHIP & RECRUITER	CAMP SLAUSON
COUNCIL EVENTS 1938-45	SANTA MONICA SCOUT-O-RAMA		MARINA SCOUT-O-RAMA	BEVERLY-WESTWOOD SCOUT-O-RAMA
COUNCIL EVENTS 1946-71	COUNCIL SCOUT-O-RAMA		SCOUT-O-RAMA ENVELOPES	SCOUT-O-RAMA TICKETS
S.O.A.R.	CAMP TREFOIL		CONSERVATION GOOD TURN	CULVER PALMS SCOUT-O-RAMA
TAMET LODGE CHARTERS	TAMET FLAP RESTRICTIONS		MOHAWK CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS	SIOUX CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS
CHEROKEE CHAPTER	TAMET EVENTS & DINNERS- 1942-59		TAMET EVENTS & DINNERS- 1960-65	TAMET EVENTS & DINNERS- 1966-72
TAMET TOM-TOMS 1943-58	TAMET TOM-TOMS 1959-67		TAMET TOM-TOMS 1968-72	TAMET LODGE STATIONARY
TAMET LODGE BY-LAWS	TAMET LODGE CHIEF'S REPORTS		TAMET EVENT & DINNER TICKETS	TAMET TRAINING CONFERENCES
WINDOW DISPLAYS	SHOWANDO		RELIGIOUS EVENTS	GOOD TURN DAY
JUNIOR LEADER CONFERENCES	1971 ECOL-O-REE LETTERS		TAMET LODGE RITUAL TEAM	TRIBE OF TEMESCAL
COUNCIL STATIONARY-LETTERS	CAMP JOSEPHO BROCHURES & BOOKLETS		CAMP JOSEPHO SONG BOOKS	CAMP EMERALD BAY SONG BOOKS
MAY CO. SCOUT JAMBOREE	VENICE S-O-R PROGRAM BOOKS		COUNCIL POW WOWs	COUNCIL PERMITS
COUNCIL ENVELOPES LETTER & NOTES	COUNCIL SMALL NOTE STATIONARY		COMMISSIONERS

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