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Southern Sierra Council

Local council of Scouting America

Field	Value
name	Southern Sierra Council #030
image	Southern Sierra Council CSP.png
type	council
owner	Scouting America
headquarters	Bakersfield, California
location	Kern, Inyo and Mono County
country	United States
f-date	1919
chiefscouttitle	President
chiefscout	Stephen Boyle
chiefscouttitle2	Council Commissioner
chiefscout2	Cindy Basham
chiefscouttitle3	Scout Executive
chiefscout3	Randy Saunders
website

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The Southern Sierra Council (#030) is a local council of the Scouting America. The council is headquartered in Bakersfield, California and serves over 1,500 scouts in Cub Scout packs, Scouts BSA troops, and Explorer posts. It serves Kern, Inyo, and Mono counties in California. Southern Sierra Council is the northernmost council of Area 4 in Boy Scouts of America's Western Region.

History

The Southern Sierra Council was officially founded in 1919 under the name Bakersfield Council. Roland Dye was the first Scout Executive of the council, and W.J. Schultz served as the first council president.

Scouting came to Kern County in 1912 after a group of boys from the National Guard auxiliary met at Armory hall. In May of that year, a troop was formed in Taft with one of the first scoutmasters, Scotty Houston, having been an alumnus of the scouting program in England. The first troop in the city of Bakersfield was formed in March 1914 Roland Dye along with scoutmaster Arthur H. Myer. At the time of the council's foundation in 1919, scout troops formed in multiple central California cities with membership of approximately 450 boys. In 1921 the council changed its name to the Kern County Council.

In the 1930s the council acquired the 160-acre Kern River Country Club, which the council eventually sold to fund building a council office in Bakersfield. Shortly thereafter, the council's first Cub Scout pack was formed in Taft, CA. The scout office in Bakersfield was built in 1952 and still serves the area as both an administrative office as well as a trading post.

Due to the name "Kern County Council" causing confusion with other local governmental agencies, as well as the inclusion of other counties served by the council, a contest was held to create a new name for the council. On January 1, 1966, after a final selection by the executive board, the council officially became the Southern Sierra Council.

Organization

Desert District
Tejon District

Council Camps

Camp Kern
Camp Mirimichi bought from Sequoia council and then later was sold
Camp Jewett was sold in 2008

Order of the Arrow

Yowlumne Lodge #303

References

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