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A place as big as the Horseshoe Scout Reservation can't hide from the outside - and why should it? Here's what the media has had to say about HSR over the years.
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Newsprint Articles
 150 Scouts attend Horseshoe 1930s - This article appeared in a Chester County newspaper in listing the 150 Scouts that attended Horseshoe during the first two weeks of the summer camp season.Contributed by J. Roland Minshall [Contribute Info]
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The Coming Week This article lists the campers arriving at Horseshoe for the second week of Summer Camp in the mid-thirties. Contributed by J. Roland Minshall [Contribute Info]
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Horseshoe Staff Holds Reunion This article from the 1930's covers a Horseshoe Staff renunion in West Chester. Contributed by J. Roland Minshall [Contribute Info]
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County Bar to be Guest of Scouts The upcoming Robert's Day at Horseshoe is documented in this article from the late 30's or early 40's. Contributed by J. Roland Minshall [Contribute Info]
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Daily Local News - Scout Council to Dedicate Lodge This Daily Local News article describes Chester County Council's plans to dedicate the Morrison Health Lodge on July 22nd, 1944. Amazingly, the article was found above the fold on the first page, surrounded by stories of heroism from post D-day WWII battles. This was one of the artifacts found in the Health Lodge Time Capsule discovered during the Health Lodge renovation in 2003. 1944 - Contributed by Ray Hayden [Contribute Info]
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Philadelphia Inquirer - 165 Scouts Enroll at Horseshoe This article discusses the increasing enrollment in Camp Horseshoe and the staff for the summer camping season. 1947 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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Daily Local News - Mackey Memorial This article discusses the memorial service held for Robert Mackey, an Eagle Scout from West Chester Troop 6 who drowned 5 years earlier at Horseshoe. Along with the memorial, Troop 6 donated Camp Horseshoe's phone system. 1958 - Contributed by Andrew Coe [Contribute Info]
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This article from The Suburban and Wayne Times from August of 1972 describes a bit of Berwyn Troop 121's week at Jubilee. 1972 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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Daily Local News - Camp Horseshoe's 50th The Daily Local News recounts some of the highlights of the first 50 years of Camp Horseshoe. 1977 - Contributed by John Kemmerer [Contribute Info]
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Daily Local News - Scouting's Increase This article, which appeared in the Aug. 3, 1983 edition of the Daily Local News, attempts to pinpoint the reasons for increased council membership as well as increased campership at HSR during the early 1980s. 1983 - Contributed by Anonymous [Contribute Info]
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Daily Local News - Exton 65 Recounts Summer From October 11, 1984, this article discusses the rank and merit badge advancement the troop achieved during their summer camping week at Camp Jubilee. 1984 - Contributed by Anonymous [Contribute Info]
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Philadelphia Inquirer - Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. Obituary Originally published in the Washington Post, this obituary recounts the life of Walter T. Kerwin, Jr., a four star Army general originally from West Chester who served as an aquatics staff member at Camp Horseshoe and helped develop the retreat ceremony still used today. 2008 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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Daily Local News - 100 Years of Boy Scouts In the May 14th, 2010 issue of the Daily Local News, 100 years of Scouting is reflected upon as well as camping at the Horseshoe Scout Reservation during much of those years. 2010 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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Magazine Articles
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Scouting Magazine - Camp in Historyland This April 1959 article discusses some of the writer's fond memories of camping in the Delaware Valley as a youth, including summer camping at Horseshoe. 1959 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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Boys' Life - Hitchin' Rack Correction In the Nov. 1983 issue of Boys' Life, a reader points out that CCC hosted the first ever Computer Camp in 1982. 1983 - Contributed by Andrew Coe [Contribute Info]
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Boys' Life - Fire Breakout This article in the April 1986 issue of Boys' Life discusses a breakout at HSR and how Troop 313 valiantly fought the blaze. 1986 - Contributed by Andrew Coe [Contribute Info]
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Cecil Soil - The Coles of Camp Horseshoe This article chronicles the history of the Cole Family of Camp Horseshoe as found in the Cecil Soil magazine issue from September / October 2009. 2009 - Contributed by John B. Rettew III [Contribute Info]
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