The 1969 National Jamboree in Pictures
Courtesy of Skip Cramond, Bettendorf, IA
Member of BSA Troop 211, Highland, CA: 1965-1969.
Troop 211's first Eagle Scout (along with 2 others): 1967.
Jamboree Troop 3, Southern California, was created from combined Arrowhead Area
and Grayback Council Scouts (today these Councils are part of the California
Inland Empire Council).
1969 Jambo: Farragut State Park near Coeur d'Alene, ID.
During Jambo, Apollo 11 moon landing - Neil Armstrong mentioned
the Scouts at Jambo from the moon. We watched a delayed broadcast of the moon
landing at an evening arena show.
Today, Skip is an Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 89, Bettendorf, IA.
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Traveling by bus from Southern California to Idaho, the first
stop was San Francisco.
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Friendship towers and rock garden Jambo patch.
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Scale model of the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo 11,
which landed on the moon during the Jambo.
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Stoves used charcoal.
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One meal was "local" Idaho trout. (Frozen, but Scout posed as
though he caught them.)
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Scoutmaster Johnson (Green structure in background is a
latrine)
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Skip is second from the left.
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Because Idaho is ski country, they had a
new summer technology on display - a fake ski hill. The blue bristles that made
the surface were very stiff. If you fell, you'd get a nice scrape. Only
experienced skiers dared this hill.
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A log throw competition.
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Large Scale Fire Starting
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Patch trading.
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Troop Gateway
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