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South Plains Council (#694)
South Plains Council (#694)
Headquarters	30 Briercroft Office Park; Lubbock, Texas 79412
Location	Texas
Country	United States
Founded	January 1925
Founder	Kennedy N. Clapp; DR. J. C. Loveless; L. S. Harkey; Marshall Mason; Sam A. Henry; Joe N. Spikes; Dr. Pail V. Horn; H. B. Palmer
	Website; southplainscouncil.org
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South Plains Council serves Scouts in a 20 county area in West Texas, including Lubbock, Texas.^[1]

Organization

Chaparral District (Including Tasiwoo chapter)
Comanche Trail District
George White District
Haynes District
Quanah Parker District

Camps

C. W. Post Memorial Camp (Camp Post), established in 1926, is a Boy Scout camp located in Garza County, Texas, about 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Post, Texas, off Farm to Market Road 669. It was named in honor of cereal magnate, C.W. Post, who founded the nearby town. The camp is located along the Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado in the area formerly occupied by the headquarters of the Llano Ranch, also known as the Curry Comb Ranch. Camp Post utilizes the Curry Comb brand in its insignia, a capital T with two horizontal bars above it.

History

Around 1879 the Llano Cattle Company acquired approximately 120 square miles (310 km²) in Garza County, including the land on which Camp Post is now situated. In 1883 they moved their ranch headquarters to the current site of Camp Post. A two-story frame house was built and a well was dug, this being the first hand-dug well in Garza County. The old well site is still visible today, and is located just south of Pioneer road, about halfway between the trading post and the swimming pool. The original wooden curb burned in 1937 and has been replaced by a replica.

The first recorded birth and death in Garza County took place here in February 1884, when Kate McCommis was born, daughter of Jim and Della Browning McCommis. She died the same day. Her grave is located about 150 feet southeast of the present-day dining hall.

C. W. Post purchased the land from the Llano Cattle Company in 1907 to pursue his dream of building a city. He built the town of Post about 4 miles (6 km) northwest and sold most of the arable farmland to settlers.

In 1926, the Post estate gave 400 acres (160 ha), encompassing the former ranch headquarters, to the South Plains Council of the Boy Scouts of America for use as a camp.

Facilities

Camp Post's facilities include 12 camping areas, a dining hall, a ropes course, a rifle range, an archery range, an equestrian center, swimming pool, campfire ring, trading post, the OA Lodge, and the Mallet training center, used for leathercraft. A rustic outdoor chapel was built in 1959 by Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Activities

Activities include shooting sports (BB guns, pellet guns, .22 rifle, and shotgun), archery, astronomy, horseshoes, fishing, fire-building, storytelling, first aid, geocaching, roping, hiking, leathercraft, knot-tying, canoeing, and outdoor cookery. Weekend campouts for area scouts are regularly scheduled including Cowboy Camp, Cub Camp, and Webeloes Woods.

Natural resources

Water resources include Cottonwood Creek, Bobcat Creek, Dove Canyon Creek, Falls Canyon Creek, and Lake Marjorie. Common birds include American robin, cardinal, and mockingbird. Mammal species include bobcat and coyote. Some of the common trees are cottonwood, mesquite, and juniper. Common grasses include blue grama, buffalograss, hooded windmillgrass, perennial three-awn, plains bristlegrass, sideoats grama, and silver bluestem. Other plant life commonly seen include feather dalea, yucca, prickly-pear cactus, and cholla.

Order of the Arrow

South Plains Council is served by Nakona Lodge 150 of the Order of the Arrow.

External links

References

^ "Home". southplainscouncil.org.

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[1] "Home". southplainscouncil.org.

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+'''South Plains Council''' serves Scouts in a 20 county area in West Texas, including [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southplainscouncil.org/ |title=Home |website=southplainscouncil.org}}</ref>
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+* Chaparral District (Including Tasiwoo chapter)
+* Comanche Trail District
+* George White District
+* Haynes District
+* Quanah Parker District
+== Camps ==<!-- Other articles link here. -->
-*Chaparral District
+C. W. Post Memorial Camp (Camp Post), established in 1926, is a [[Boy Scout]] camp located in [[Garza County, Texas]], about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} southwest of [[Post, Texas]], off [[Farm to Market Road 669]].  It was named in honor of cereal magnate, [[C.W. Post]], who founded the nearby town.  The camp is located along the [[Caprock Escarpment]] of the [[Llano Estacado]] in the area formerly occupied by the headquarters of the [[Llano Ranch]], also known as the Curry Comb Ranch.  Camp Post utilizes the Curry Comb brand in its insignia, a capital T with two horizontal bars above it.
-*Comanche Trail District
-*George White District
-*Haynes District
-*Quanah Parker District
-==Order of the Arrow==
-South Plains Council is served by the Nakona Lodge of the [[Order of the Arrow]].
-==C. W. Post Memorial Camp==
-C. W. Post Memorial Camp (Camp Post), established in 1926, is a [[Boy Scout]] camp located in [[Garza County, Texas]] about four miles southwest of [[Post, Texas]], off Texas Ranch Road 669.  It was named in honor of cereal magnate, [[C.W. Post]], who founded the nearby town.  The camp is located along the [[Caprock Escarpment]] of the [[Llano Estacado]] in the area formerly occupied by the headquarters of the [[Llano Ranch]], also known as the Curry Comb Ranch.  Camp Post utilizes the Curry Comb brand in its insignia, a capital T with two horizontal bars above it.
 === History ===
+Around 1879 the Llano Cattle Company acquired approximately {{convert|120|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} in Garza County, including the land on which Camp Post is now situated.  In 1883 they moved their ranch headquarters to the current site of Camp Post.  A two-story frame house was built and a well was dug, this being the first hand-dug well in Garza County.  The old well site is still visible today, and is located just south of Pioneer road, about halfway between the trading post and the swimming pool.  The original wooden curb burned in 1937 and has been replaced by a replica.
-Around 1879 the Llano Cattle Company acquired approximately 120 square miles in Garza County, including the land on which Camp Post is now situated.  In 1883 they moved their ranch headquarters to the current site of Camp Post.  A two story frame house was built and a well dug, this being the first hand-dug well in Garza County.  The old well site is still visible today, and is located just south of Pioneer road about halfway between the trading post and the swimming pool.  The original wooden curb burned in 1937 and has been replaced by a replica.
 The first recorded birth and death in Garza County took place here in February 1884, when Kate McCommis was born, daughter of Jim and Della Browning McCommis.  She died the same day.  Her grave is located about 150 feet southeast of the present-day dining hall.
-C.W. Post purchased the land from the Llano Cattle Company in 1907 to pursue his dream of building a city.  He built the town of Post about four miles northwest and sold most of the arable farmland to settlers.
+C.&nbsp;W. Post purchased the land from the Llano Cattle Company in 1907 to pursue his dream of building a city.  He built the town of Post about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} northwest and sold most of the arable farmland to settlers.
-In 1926, the Post estate gave 400 acres encompassing the former ranch headquarters to the [[Scouting in Texas#South Plains Council|South Plains Council]] of the Boy Scouts of America for use as a camp.
+In 1926, the Post estate gave {{convert|400|acre|ha|sigfig=2}}, encompassing the former ranch headquarters, to the [[Scouting in Texas#South Texas Council|South Plains Council]] of the Boy Scouts of America for use as a camp.
 === Facilities ===
-Camp Post's facilities include 12 camping areas, a dining hall, a ropes course, a rifle range, an archery range, swimming pool, campfire ring, trading post, the OA Lodge, and the Mallet training center, used for leathercraft.  A rustic outdoor chapel was built in 1959 by [[Phi Delta Theta]] Fraternity.
+Camp Post's facilities include 12 camping areas, a dining hall, a ropes course, a rifle range, an archery range, an equestrian center, swimming pool, campfire ring, trading post, the OA Lodge, and the Mallet training center, used for leathercraft.  A rustic outdoor chapel was built in 1959 by [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity.
 === Activities ===
-Activities include shooting sports (BB guns, pellet guns, .22 rifle, and shotgun), archery, astronomy, horseshoes, fishing, fire-building, storytelling, first aid, geo-caching, roping, hiking, leathercraft, knot-tying, canoeing, and outdoor cookery.  Weekend campouts for area scouts are regularly scheduled including Cowboy Camp, Cub Camp, and Webeloes Woods.
+Activities include shooting sports (BB guns, pellet guns, .22 rifle, and shotgun), archery, astronomy, horseshoes, fishing, fire-building, storytelling, first aid, geocaching, roping, hiking, leathercraft, knot-tying, canoeing, and outdoor cookery.  Weekend campouts for area scouts are regularly scheduled including Cowboy Camp, Cub Camp, and Webeloes Woods.
 === Natural resources ===
-Water resources include Cottonwood Creek, Bobcat Creek, Dove Canyon Creek, Falls Canyon Creek, and Lake Marjorie.  Common birds include [[American Robin]], [[Cardinal (bird)|Cardinal]], and [[Mockingbird]].  Mammal species include [[Bobcat]] and [[Coyote]].  Some of the common trees are [[Cottonwood]], [[Mesquite]], and [[Juniper]].  Common grasses include [[Blue Grama]], [[Buffalograss]], [[Chloris (plant)|Hooded Windmillgrass]], Perennial [[Three-awn]], [[Plains Bristlegrass]], [[Bouteloua curtipendula|Sideoats Grama]], and [[Silver Bluestem]].  Other plant life commonly seen include [[Dalea formosa|Feather Dalea]], [[Yucca]], [[Opuntia|Prickly-Pear Cactus]], and [[Cylindropuntia|Cholla]].
+Water resources include Cottonwood Creek, Bobcat Creek, Dove Canyon Creek, Falls Canyon Creek, and Lake Marjorie. Common birds include [[American robin]], [[Northern cardinal|cardinal]], and [[mockingbird]].  Mammal species include [[bobcat]] and [[coyote]].  Some of the common trees are [[Populus sect. Aegiros|cottonwood]], [[mesquite]], and [[juniper]]. Common grasses include [[blue grama]], [[Bouteloua dactyloides|buffalograss]], [[Chloris (plant)|hooded windmillgrass]], perennial [[three-awn]], [[plains bristlegrass]], [[Bouteloua curtipendula|sideoats grama]], and [[silver bluestem]].  Other plant life commonly seen include [[Dalea formosa|feather dalea]], [[yucca]], [[Opuntia|prickly-pear cactus]], and [[Cylindropuntia|cholla]].
+== Order of the Arrow ==
-==References==
+South Plains Council is served by [http://nakona150.org Nakona Lodge 150] of the [[Order of the Arrow]].
-{{reflist}}
 == External links ==
+* [http://www.southplainscouncil.org/CampPost.htm  South Plains Council, B.S.A. - Camp Post]
+* [http://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net/camp_post.html  History of Camp Post]
+* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/apc06 Curry Comb Ranch at Handbook of Texas Online]
+* [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=post,+texas&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.325633,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=33.166654,-101.414688&spn=0.009214,0.019312&t=h&z=16&g=post,+texas&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en Aerial View of Camp Post from Google Maps]
+* [http://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net History]
+== References ==
-*[http://www.southplainscouncil.org/CampPost.htm  South Plains Council, B.S.A. - Camp Post]
+{{Reflist}}
-*[http://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net/camp_post.html  History of Camp Post]
-*[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/apc6.html Curry Comb Ranch at Handbook of Texas Online]
-*[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=post,+texas&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.325633,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=33.166654,-101.414688&spn=0.009214,0.019312&t=h&z=16&g=post,+texas&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en Aerial View of Camp Post from Google Maps]
-*[http://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net History]
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