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BOY SCOUTS. Dubuque's first two troops of Scouts were organized soon after the arrival of a representative from the national office in August 1911. Due to lack of cooperation and interest, these troops gradually disbanded.
Interest was revived in 1916 when local businessmen organized and hired a Scout executive, Walter Gunn. Fired with enthusiasm, Gunn organized troop after troop so that by 1919 Dubuque had 525 registered Scouts.
In 1930 financial security came to scouting when it became part of the Community Chest collection. Local scouts also benefited by the donation of a rugged and heavily wooded campsite south of Durango from the Wallis family. The site, known as Camp Burton, was named after a Wallis uncle.
In 1921 Lynn Osborne became the first Dubuque Council scout to earn the Eagle Scout designation, the highest rank a boy can earn. Janet VANCE became the first woman in Iowa to be inducted into the Brotherhood of the Arrow.