Dedication, PSA Constitution, 1973. and dedicated to herfuture. and are vitallyinterested in to love and respect her who have heard her callandhave come and have rejoiced and,above all, who have collected countless unforgettable experiences and who have becomethankful; and close lifelong friendships who have cultivated many sincerely deep and have beenexhilarated, who have breathed hersageandpine-scented air and have becomehumbled; verdant mountainmeadowsandtowering peaks who have seen hervast breathtaking panoramas, and have beenrefreshed, who have slept underherstar-filled skies who have reflected beside hergurgling mountainstreams and have met herchallenges, who have hiked herruggedmountaintrails to reuniting those Philmont staff members This Association isdedicated Cimarron, NewMexico87714 17 DeerRunRoad RANCH SCOUT PHILMONT and have listened attentively, APRIL 2004 VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2 HIGH COUNTRY T HE M AGAZINE OF THE P HILMONT S TAFF A SSOCIATION www.philstaff.com check usout! Non-Profit Organization ..PSAEPAID U.S. POSTAGE DENVER, CO Permit 512 table of HIGH COUNTRY ~ VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2 PHILMONT STAFF ASSOCIATION contents APRIL 2004 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

EDITORS ED PEASE, PRESIDENT columns MARK STINNETT MICHELE ALLEN JIM “SAM” VIVIAN, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP BRAD PLUMB, VICE PRESIDENT, SERVICE ART DIRECTION AND PRODUCTION 4 from the president DAWN CHANDLER JOE LEISZ, VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT KEVIN FREDERICK, SECRETARY CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 6 psa news JOHN NICHOLS, TREASURER CHUCK BUENGER DAVE CAFFEY ED HOBBS GREG HOBBS DAVID JUNG JASON SCHUBERT 14 ranch roundup NATIONAL DIRECTORS CARTOONS TODD CONKLIN KEVIN “LEVI” THOMAS DANA EDWARDS 19 neighbors JAN GIMAR HIGH COUNTRY IS THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE STEVE HARMONY 26 short stuff PHILMONT STAFF ASSOCIATION AND IS PUBLISHED SIX ALAN HART TIMES PER YEAR AS A BENEFIT TO ITS MEMBERS. CHRYSTENE MATTHEWS FOR MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION, 30 trail talk TIM “TECHMAN” ROSSEISEN PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE: WWW.PHILSTAFF.COM. REGIONAL DIRECTORS articles WE WELCOME ARTICLES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE ISSUES. PLEASE SUBMIT TO NORTHEAST 8 our philmont HIGH COUNTRY, PHILMONT STAFF ASSOCIATION MARK ROM 17 DEER RUN ROAD, CIMARRON, NM 87714 JEN RIGDON OR EMAIL TO [email protected] 12 generosity NOTE: SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS CENTRAL IN NO WAY GUARANTEES PUBLICATION OR INCLUSION IN MARK HOLCOMB 20 sundial FUTURE ISSUES OF HIGH COUNTRY. EMERY CORLEY 22 old rangers PSA FELLOWS SOUTH RAY BATCHELOR BOB HARVEY FELLOW PAUL & MARY JANE HARVEY KRIS TOWNSEND other

WEST GLENN A. FOWLER FELLOW 16 upcoming events BRUCE BARNES LAURA LAMPE CAMPBELL SCOTT TONEY GEORGE A. BULLOCK FELLOW 18 regional reports WILLIAM D. BRYCE BILL MCKOWN, RANCH COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE On the cover: A vintage photograph of WARREN SMITH, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT colfax chronicles JOE DAVIS FELLOW at Rayado Lodge (Fish Camp). 24 BILL CASS MARK ANDERSON, PHILMONT STAFF ADVISOR 28 a good campsite JOHN A. MAXBAUER, JR. FELLOW MICHELE ALLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANONYMOUS JANICE CLARK, OFFICE EFFICIENCY EXPERT 29 poetry

3 from the president broad spectrum of ages, geographic dispersal, professional occupations, ELECTIONS and personal interests characterize us COMING THIS FALL today, and will even more in the The temperature climbed to 60 for the summer of 2004. They have future. In response to this increas- Six national officers: today. Out back a squirrel is pawing in served us, and we hope they have President ingly obvious fact of life, the PSA the matted leaves, which only yester- served the Ranch, well. They will be Vice President—Membership Board seeks to provide an array of day were still crusted frozen. The sun part of our cycle for years to come. Vice President—Service opportunities for our members to Vice President—Development provides more than light this after- But, just as Philmont has made maintain their association with each Secretary noon; at last it can be felt as well as adjustments that enhance its offering other and with the Ranch. We will Treasurer seen, and the air that it is beginning to of programs, the PSA is looking to Seven national directors keep those programs that have an warm has a hint of must and moisture. broaden and diversify our programs Eight regional directors audience among our members, but We’re still weeks away from the first and service as well. All officers and directors serve 3-year terms we will also try additional programs buds of spring, but today is a reminder Philbreak is a good example. INTERESTED? to reach out to others who haven’t that it is on its way. This alternative spring break program Contact Warren Smith, been able to participate in the things Nominating Committee Chairman Philbreak and Kanik are winding allows young adults aged 18-25 the we’ve offered before. Our objective is [email protected] down. Philmont’s senior management opportunity to spend a week in March or Michele Allen, Executive Director, not so much to have a major event is on the road finishing the hiring giving service to the Ranch. The inau- 505-376-2281 x 216 for which members need to adjust process for the summer. Staffing is gural year in 2003 was a resounding [email protected]. schedules, families, or interests—but already complete for the men and success and we expect 2004 to be the to have a variety of different events women who will manage Philmont’s same. The reunion, trek, and service which will appeal to different seg- high adventure program at the Double project for 2004 have been moved from ments of our membership. We know PSA WEEK AT PTC H Ranch. And next weekend my coun- August to June—to better accommo- that not all members may attend the cil’s contingents conduct their first date Philmont’s schedule and to pro- July 24 – 30, 2005 same event, but we hope to provide shakedown for high adventure in the vide our members who could not come Make plans now to join the PSA the opportunity for all members to magic mountains. at the end of the summer a chance to for a first-ever full week of special attend some event in the course of The cycle is as predictable as the come at the beginning. We are plan- programs, hikes & service projects. every year or two. spring soon to be upon us. And yet, as ning events in conjunction with the All PTC facilities, housing and family More information on upcoming much as it looks like the scores of Maverick Rodeo over the Fourth of programs, including mountain treks, events will be forthcoming in future cycles before it, there are some adjust- July and an extended reunion over will be available for PSA members. editions of HIGH COUNTRY. In the $360 – first adult ments this time around. Philbreak is New Year’s weekend 2004-05. We are meantime, much as spring reminds $260 – other adults only in its second year. The Double H in early planning stages for a week- us of the continuity of the cycles of $275 – mountain trekkers is a brand new adventure. And the long reunion opportunity for mem- $210 – kids ages 6-20 life, know that your PSA board is staff, which only a few decades ago bers and their families at PTC in the $140 – kids ages 3-5 working to make the seasons of PSA numbered around 500, will this year summer of 2005. And our Regional $46 – kids age 2 and under life as diverse and as rich and as approach a thousand. Directors are busier than ever plan- meaningful for as many members as More details next issue So it is with the Philmont Staff ning an increasing number of we possibly can. and on our website Association and its cycle of programs reunions around the country. www.philstaff.com and service to our members and the The membership of the Philmont Ranch. Our annual reunion, trek, and Staff Association is as diverse, perhaps Ed Pease service project are well on their way more so, than the seasonal staff. A President

4 from the prez from the prez 5 psa news our new office! All you have to do is pick a staff tion’s secretary. Rice Brewer, who has box will appear and prompt you for and send a care package to them. been informally managing our website your personal User ID and Password. PSA Executive Director Michele Imagine the joy of getting a package for several years, has been appointed You guessed it—that’s what those Allen and Office Assistant Janice Clark with a jar of garlic, a pesto sauce and PSA Technology Manager and will numbers and letters on your mailing moved into the PSA’s genuine first- some organic pasta at Cyphers Mine. serve as an ex officio member of the label are. The first set is your User ID; ever official office at Philmont Scout Imagine getting a box of squirt guns at Executive Committee. the second is your Password. These Ranch on March 5. Appropriately, it the security office. How about getting Over the past few years, our unique series of letters and numbers snowed a lot on them as they moved in some homemade brownies and rice website offerings have exploded. are based on your information in the to their new quarters in the Beaubien- krispie treats as a PTC group leader. Online event registrations, merchan- PSA AllStaff Database. Miranda Building at PTC. Furnishings What about a Weekly World News dise ordering, email updating of per- and office equipment were funded by a arriving at Baldy? sonal information and form down- generous donation from PSA Member In the box you send, you will loading (both PSA and Philmont directory assistance John Murphy. Many thanks to John, include a letter talking about how life -related) are just a few of the most and to Philmont, for this great addition was for you when you had that job, recent enhancements at our site. Instead of publishing a printed to our ongoing efforts to support the and how the PSA is your link to your The PSA has now added to its membership directory every two Ranch! time at Philmont. Also, you will put in online offerings with a new “PSA years, the PSA will now be updating some PSA applications! Our hope is Members Only Area” at the new online directory each quarter. that people receiving these gifts will ww.philstaff.com. For now, this Since the PSA office processes about one day join the PSA and keep their password-protected area of the site 50 address changes and 20 new mem- connection to Philmont strong. will house only the most recent .pdf bers every month, the quarterly Don’t have the time or creativity (Adobe Acrobat) version of the PSA updates will provide far more timely for sending an Adopt-A-Staff box? Membership Directory. With the .pdf information than the biannual print Adopt a trail camp or peak! Your dona- format, you can find a person by any versions. With the directory online, tion of money will help offset the costs of the information stored, such as you can (1) print off the 330+ pages of of this program. name, state, or year on staff. The site the .pdf version to make your own Contact Scott Toney, 303-816-9040, also has two cross reference tables to hard copy, (2) download the .pdf and [email protected] early to get find everyone who lives in a particu- store it on your own computer, or (3) adopt-a-staff first choice of what staff you want to lar state or worked a specific year do a search to find the specific mem- adopt or for more information. on staff. Please go to the site and ber information you need. If you pre- Think back to your long days serv- take a look. If you discover that some fer a single hard copy of the directory ing food in the dining hall, cold nights of your own information is incorrect and don’t have access to print it from at Clear Creek, or days on the trail as a technology update or incomplete, you can send the the website, you can order a copy Ranger. Ever present in the back of corrected information to from the PSA office at 505-376-2281, your mind…”Will I get any mail?” The PSA Executive Committee has [email protected]. ext. 216. Help the PSA make that dream a approved plans to move oversight of To get to the PSA Members sec- reality for the folks serving at the organization’s technology and tion, go to www.philstaff.com and Philmont this summer. Sign up now website functions to the Administra- click on “PSA Members Only Area” to Adopt-A-Staff. tion Committee, chaired by the associa- on the left side of the page. A pop-up Compiled by Mark Stinnett and Michele Allen.

6 psa news psa news 7 rancher also, having a big ranch near shopping tour of Europe in 1924. The tro- OUR PHILMONT Denver, known as the Highlands Ranch. phy room downstairs is a very attractive That year, he sent his foreman down to room, as you may have noted. “Our Philmont” is a shorthand transcription of a talk given by George Bullock to a group of northeastern to try to find There is a good story in connection about 350 Scouters at the “Big House” – Villa Philmonte – in the fall of 1953 as he was preparing to some summer pasture for his fine cattle. with this piano. It was one of the several leave Philmont. He had been Director of Camping since 1946. Mr. Gene Hayward was the ranch man- fine pieces of furniture Mr. Phillips took Prior to giving this speech, Bullock outlined it for Waite Phillips. Phillips was impressed with it, ager for Mr. Phillips at that time. He with him when he gave us the place. except for the part he had played in it. He suggested that Bullock omit his part altogether. Bullock replied that he could not tell the true Philmont story without including this part, whereupon Phillips located a tract of land right in here, which Realizing that he had had the piano built agreed that it should be “toned down” somewhat and it would be acceptable. includes this headquarters territory and for this room, he came back one day and goes back up asked our director into the Urraca at that time — Second of two parts. and Bonito I believe Mr. Huff- areas, known man—if he would Now we go down to another inter- pany, with Frank being the promoter, L E as the Webster be interested in esting chapter of the romantic back- the banker and office supervisor, and Place, and was making a trade. ground of Philmont. Back some 54 years Waite the field man. He was buying up owned at the He said that a ago, Waite Phillips, a sixteen-year-old leases and tending to the field operations time by Cyrus coffee table which boy, and his twin brother, Wiate, left their of this business. He became interested in McCormick had been left here home in Iowa and headed for Montana, a lease near Okmulgee, Oklahoma, that (of harvester had a great deal of where they wanted to cast their lots with the other two brothers were a little cool fame). He sentimental value the ranching business. Soon after they about, and having quite a desire to get invited Mr. to Mrs. Phillips, had located in this northwest country, hold of this lease, he pulled away from Phillips to and she wanted to Wiate was taken ill and died, following this team, and on his own went to come down get it back in trade an appendectomy. This upset Waite terri- Okmulgee, bought the lease which turned and look it over, which Mr. Phillips did, for another piece of furniture. So, we bly, because he was very fond of Wiate. out to be the Glen Pool, one of the richest and he immediately purchased it. didn’t ask what the piece of furniture was He returned home and soon Mrs. Phillips oil strikes that has been known before or Mr. Phillips stayed around for the —we just said it would be all right. In asked his brother, L E, who was in the since. Mr. Waite Phillips then began to next year, making 155 more purchases about an hour, a van backed up, and they mining business in the southern part of operate an independent company, princi- and amassing a ranch of 330,000 acres, rolled the piano back in here! Then down Iowa, to invite Waite down to join him in pally as a producer. He expanded this which he named Philmont. In 1924 he and at the Ranch Office a little later, Mr. this business. L E did this, and together company throughout the mid-continent Mrs. Phillips took an architect and an Phillips was acting a little disturbed they did some mining. area, and in 1935 he sold his holdings to artist into the Mediterranean area in about some something, and finally In the meantime, the older brother, some big oil company in Tulsa for a Europe, studying the old haciendas in old McDuffy, who was the bookkeeper here Frank, had struck oil in Oklahoma, near reported $30 million, and Mr. Waite Spain. There they picked up their ideas at the time, asked Mr. Phillips if some- Bartlesville, and soon he invited the two Phillips has not been in the oil business for this house, which they built in 1925 thing was wrong. He answered, “Well, brothers to join him as a team to continue since. The Phillips Petroleum Company and called Villa Philmonte. Many of the you had better watch this man, Huffman; this oil business. They worked together was Frank and L E Phillips. objects of art which you find in this I surely wouldn’t trade with him if I were as a brother team rather than as a com- In 1922 Mr. Waite Phillips was a grand mansion were picked up on their you, because this morning he beat me out

8 our philmont our philmont 9 of a $7400 piano for a supported by 50¢ rode these trails and $10 coffee table.” So pieces that the boys camped in the moun- that gives you a little paid in for their mem- tains together, he and insight into the sense berships and $1 bills Mrs. Phillips concluded of humor of Mr. that the Scouters paid that Philmont should Phillips. for their member- be enjoyed by the But, on with the ships. So, he wanted it many instead of the story. Mr. Phillips and understood that he few. Therefore, they his family lived here endowed his gifts, and were giving (and then in the mansion for was giving us the Mr. Bullock outlined about six months out in the property) to the of the year from the Tulsa, Oklahoma. Boy Scouts of America. time he built it until Anyhow, here we So you and I, as he gave it to us in are, you and I, with a Scouters, have a great 1941. In 1938 he had grand ranch, western responsibility, as I see discussed the possi- in character, with a great tradition, lots of it. I think we ought to see that the many do bilities of giving a up the canyon to see if something might romance behind it, and we think it has lots enjoy this place instead of the few. campsite to the National Council, and have happened. As he came opposite the to offer every Explorer in America. I hereby introduce to you, Mr. Waite showed some of our officials the area mouth of the South Ponil, where a bunch You may be interested in a para- Phillips (whereupon Mr. Phillips received a north of the Cimarron Canyon which we of boys were laying a tile pipeline down graph that is in the letter of transmittal thunderous five-minute standing ovation). call the Ponil country. As a result of their from a diversion dam to the reservoir down that Mr. Phillips wrote when he gave us Thanks to Brad Davis, who prepared this tran- looking it over, they accepted the 36,000 this property. As I recall, he stated that, in the center of camp, there was Mr. script “in tribute to Mr. Bullock, with whom I had the acres from Mr. Phillips, and developed the Phillips in the midst of these boys helping inasmuch as he and his son, Elliott, had very great pleasure and honor of having worked for his Philturn Rockymountain Scoutcamp them lay the pipeline and chatting away enjoyed rich experiences together as they last two years on the Ranch.” which we operated for a couple of years. with the campers to see how they were Mr. Phillips was evidently interested enjoying their time here at our Philturn. in how we were going to make use of his Well, in December 1941, Mr. Phillips gift, because B.B. Dawson tells us that he invited some of our officials out to the would ride in once in a while, unan- big house here: Mr. Head, who was then Put some great art on the wall.... nounced, and chat with the boys to see President of the National Council; Dr. how they were getting along. West, our Chief Scout Executive; Mr. Order your One day B.B. looked up the canyon and Schuck, who was then National Director Ansel Adams saw old Gus, Mr. Phillips’ favorite mount, of Field Operations; and L.L. McDonald, Philmont poster today. standing there empty saddled. It gave the National Director of Camping. He www.philstaff.com B.B. somewhat of a shock, because he showed them where he would like to add had very seldom seen old Gus without 91,000 acres to the original gift, and he Mr. Phillips in the saddle. So he started understood that the National Council was

10 our philmont our philmont 11 overwhelming to think that the Chope and Virginia, Phillips’ son The Generosity of beautiful property known as and daughter-in-law, continues that Philmont was so creatively assem- tradition of service and philan- bled and then given away as part of thropy. a carefully conceived plan; and that In a l942 Christmas letter to Waite Phillips even though Phillips acquired it for Phillips, Arthur A. Schuck said, a completely different purpose, it is “You are numbered among the By Chuck Buenger so well suited to being a high adven- lamplighters of the world making Former Director, BSA High Adventure Division ture base. If a modern-day computer bright the way for oncoming gener- and Former General Manager, were to design a high adventure ations.” base, it would design Philmont. To see the Villa at sunrise or in I believe that it was providential the moonlight, a herd of deer or elk, Harry Emerson Fosdick, a well- Waite Phillips was like the Sea that Phillips heard about George and the beauty of the country from known preacher of another genera- of Galilee. He had a profound sense Webster’s Urraca Ranch, sent his atop the ; or to feel tion, had this to say in his book, of stewardship. His remarkable gift foreman to look at it, purchased it the majesty of the forest while The Meaning of Service: of the Philmont Scout Ranch was and the surrounding acreage, devel- watching young people grow, is to “The Sea of Galilee and the given so that it could be enjoyed oped it, then was inspired to give it feel the Scout spirit and to know Dead Sea are made of the same “by the many instead of the few.” to the Boy Scouts of America. I that lives have been changed. It water. It flows down, clean and cool, One of his favorite epigrams believe that Waite Phillips started a brings from deep inside the sponta- from the heights of Hermon and the was, “Some of the important prin- chain reaction that has already influ- neous response of the words of Exo- roots of the cedars of Lebanon. The ciples of all religions that have enced hundreds of thousands of dus: “The place on which you are Sea of Galilee makes beauty of it, endured throughout the ages are Scouts and Scouters and will posi- standing is holy ground.” for the Sea of Galilee has an outlet. based on humbleness, self-denial, tively affect hundreds of thousands Surely Waite Phillips proved the It gets to give. It gathers in its riches confession, and service to our more. Everyone who visits Philmont Biblical injunction on stewardship, that it may pour them out again to fellow man.” feels the spirit generated by the “Bring the full tithes into the store- fertilize the Jordan plain. But the In a letter to Walter M. Head in unselfishness of the gift. house, that there may be food in my Dead Sea with the same water 1943, he said, “I love and appreciate A study of his life indicates that house; and thereby put me to the makes horror. For the Dead Sea has beauty in all its forms, and this is Philmont was one of many philan- test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will no outlet. It gets to keep. That is the another way of saying that I admire thropic endeavors. Phillips’ will pro- not open the windows of heaven for radical difference between selfish perfection, but I hold that it is self- vided for his family, long-time you and pour down for you an over- and unselfish men. We all do want ish to restrict the use of anything employees, and fourteen specific flowing blessing.” life’s enriching blessings; we ought like Philbrook or Philmont to a gifts to charities. His wife’s will to; they are divine benedictions. But small group like my own family and made provisions for family, employ- some men get to give, and they are personal friends when there is a ees, and sixteen gifts to charities. like Galilee; while some men get to wider opportunity for such things to His will included an endowment to keep and they are like the brackish be enjoyed by the general public.” provide camperships; hers, an Originally published in the Spring 1993 issue of “Now and Then,” the BSA’s newsletter for water that covers Sodom and Even in 1992, fifty-four years endowment for the care of the Villa the retired men and women of Scouting. Gomorrah.” after the original gift was given, it is and grounds. The generosity of Reprinted with permission.

12 generosity generosity 13 ranch roundup living history in the 1830s. Scouts are already noticing the change. They’ll come into a camp new routes welcome aboard Philmont is continuing a project to and ask, “Now what year is it here?” redefine and create more historically (condensed from Philnews) Philmont has negotiated an agree- John Van Dreese joined the perma- accurate interpretive camps. This ment with John and Charlotte Kimber- nent staff March 16 as Associate Director process involves establishing detailed lin, owners of the XA Ranch on of Program to replace the now-retired profiles of specific characters and time notes from all over Philmont’s northern boundary, to allow Dick Mahalik. John will have primary periods for each living history camp. crews to hike across their property into responsibility for hiring more than 900 Deborah Blanche, a well-known charac- Seasonal staff salaries have the . Campers will hike two seasonal personnel and overseeing base ter actress, is working with Associate increased 50% over the last six years. routes along North Ponil Creek and camp operations in the summer. He has Director of Program Doug Palmer in this Philmont now ranks in the mid-to- Abran Canyon. This new access to the more than twenty years of experience effort. upper range of camps across the country Valle Vidal will eliminate long bus trips with local councils in camp operations, In 2003, the duo focused on Abreu, in seasonal staff compensation . . . the and enable Philmont to make better use finance, and program service. John has Cyphers Mine, Fish Camp and Miranda. Ranch Committee has approved plans of the 100,000-acre Forest Service prop- previously been selected for key leader- This summer, they will turn their efforts to construct an additional pavilion out- erty. Philmont recently completed its ship positions at National Camp School to Pueblano, Crater Lake and French side Dining Hall #2 at PTC to alleviate second five-year special use permit in and the PTC faculty. PSA extends a Henry. crowding . . . Philmont is an active par- the Valle Vidal and begins its third term warm welcome to John and his wife, “My job is to work directly with the ticipant in the Colfax Regional Water there this year. Andrea. interp staff to encourage and nurture Planning Committee, the Cimarron them in first person presentation,” said Watershed Committee, and the New Blanche. “We want to create personal Mexico Rural Water Association . . . a villa restoration museum report profiles tying in history with Philmont, total of 204 participants representing 22 New Mexico and the country.” groups took part in the 2003 Autumn The initial phase of the Villa restora- Exhibits in the Seton Museum this At Cyphers Mine, for example, the Adventure program . . . a second tion project is now complete. This first summer will focus on PTC’s history and St. Louis and Cimarron Mining Com- repeater is being located along the ridge phase included asbestos abatement, all training at Philmont, with an empha- pany is looking for new muckers to haul above Copper Park to improve radio rewiring, replumbing, and a new heat- sis on JLT and Wood Badge. Other ore at the Contention Mine. Employees communications in the North Country . . ing system. Efforts for 2004 will involve planned exhibits include southwestern will report to Charlie Cyphers, Mine last year’s steer calves sold at the high- tile and finish restoration, decorative pottery and artwork from the museum’s Boss since 1902. He is assisted by P.J. est price ever and weighed more than and visual issues, and critical mainte- collection and a small exhibit on the Parmar, who has helped run the mine any previous calf crop . . . logging crews nance. Holy Child Chapel at Rayado, which for six years, since 1904. Former Col- working in the Dean Canyon area after Donors have contributed or marks its 100th anniversary in 2004. The orado miner Andrew Bass came to the fire have found that most of the pledged some $987,000 toward the goal museum has recently welcomed avoid getting killed in the Union fights. burned trees are showing damage and of $1.6 million. Several proposals in researchers using Seton material for Mrs. Emily Ann Sanderson came west are not merchantable . . . to date, 419.41 place should lead to funding and com- future books ranging from summer with her husband, who unfortunately acres in the fire area have been raked, pletion of the remaining roofing and camp architectural history to a Japanese died of tuberculosis. seeded and mulched, with an additional other work by 2006. biography of Seton. David and Pat Fish Camp has brought real friends 580.59 acres to be completed under a Lown of Taos will be recognized as of the Phillips family back to life in 1927, grant from the New Mexico Surface “guest curators” for their volunteer help while Miranda characters are based on Water Quality Bureau. Compiled by Mark Stinnett with exhibits. real fur trappers who resided in the area

14 ranch roundup ranch roundup 15 upcoming regional events Philmont Staff Association 30th Anniversary Benefit Raffle OWN A PIECE OF PHILMONT… SOUTHERN REGIONAL REUNION MAY 1 a Lee Hadaway Custom 30/06 Rifle From Sawmill Camp and a Join the alumni from Georgia and Alabama for a day of fun in the sun on Saturday, May 1, 2004, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. at John Tanner State Park, Shelter #1, located 6 miles Steve Rick Custom Hunting Knife west of Carrollton on GA16. Hamburgers, hot dogs, & sodas will be provided. Bring a side dish to share. Contact Kris Townsend at [email protected] or 770-252-3893.

MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL REUNION MAY 7-8 We are delighted to invite you to the PSA Mid-Atlantic Reunion, Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8, 2004 in historic and scenic Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Come join us and your Philmont friends for a weekend of camping (or lodging); rafting, biking, hiking, touring or antiquing; buffalo steaks hot from the grill; and a special evening program with Philmont legend Joe Davis. Reunion events will be held at, or depart from, the Harpers Ferry KOA. Contact Mark Rom 202-213-8767.

NATIONAL MEETING REUNION MAY 20 Join us at the Hyatt in the heart of Chicago for a PSA reception on Thursday, May 20 in conjunction with the National Boy Scouts of America meeting. Please RSVP to Fred Cribbett at 312-360-9870 or [email protected]. HUNTING KNIFE: RIFLE: Handle made from the same English Walnut Remington model 700 CENTRAL REGIONAL REUNION and Ebony as the rifle stock 24” Shilen match grade barrel with 1/10 twist JULY 31 4” 440C Stainless High Carbon Steel blade Blue Gunkote finish on the metal At HOmE on the Front Porch in St. Louis. Make your plans now to attend the PSA St. Louis area reunion on July 31, 2004. It will be a fun, casual gathering of Phil-Folk Custom sheath Tubbs heavy recoil lug on the front porch of the home of PSA Central Regional Director, Emery Corley. PSA 1 stamped in blade Hand-carved English Walnut stock More details will be available soon on the PSA website. Contact Brass guard, spacer and pommel Ebony fore end tip and grip cap Emery Corley at [email protected]. Valued over $500 Engraved barrel with both Philmont brands Numbered PSA1 Valued over $4,500 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Only 500 raffle tickets will be sold. The annual meeting of the Philmont Staff Association will be held Saturday, June 12, 2004 at 8:30 A.M. in the PSA Staff Dining Hall at $100 per raffle ticket. Philmont. See enclosed insert for details and dates of the Annual Reunion, Trek and Service Project. Purchase your ticket by sending a check to: Contact Michele Allen at 505.376.2281 ext. 216 or PSA: Raffle, 17 Deer Run Rd, Cimarron NM 87714 [email protected] Drawing Date: June 12th at the PSA Annual Reunion (Need not be present to win)

16 upcoming events raffle 17 regional reports philmont’s neighbors colorado snow kansas city reunion a lake park . . . The David Westphall Veterans —a huge success! Foundation is negotiating with the Bills required to make Eagle Nest state to donate the 25 acres with its The first Denver Area Snowshoe On behalf of the Philmont Staff Associ- Lake a state park have cleared the state chapel and visitors center. David Excursion was held in Frisco, Colorado ation, thanks Kansas City! We had legislature—all that’s needed now is Westphall was a young Marine lieu- on Saturday, February 21. Everyone about 25-30 people make it to our the governor’s signature. tenant killed in an enemy ambush in but Tim Rosseisen opted for snow- reunion on a crisp midwestern spring Dan Williams, State Parks public Con Thien, South Vietnam, in 1968. shoes. Dolled in old army green wool afternoon. Thanks to everyone who information officer, said “We’re plan- His parents, the late Dr. Victor knickers and pencil thin Nordic skis, made it including Ed Pease, PSA Presi- ning to build a new boat ramp as soon Westphall and Jeanne Westphall, used Tim led the group over three miles of dent; Brad Plumb, PSA Vice-President as possible. We hope to open by July David’s military life insurance to start snowshoeing trails. After a few hours for Service; Dr. Mark Holcomb, Board 4th. We’re real excited about it and a building the memorial in 1968. It was in the crisp thin air and dry snow we Member; Bruce Davis, Ranch Commit- lot of people in New Mexico are, too.” completed in 1971. made our way back to the lodge to tee Member; and Mark Anderson, To contain costs, Eagle Nest Lake “This has the potential for open- share our sweet goodies—Girl Scout Philmont Director of Program. We got State Park will operate under the ing a whole new chapter for the memo- cookies, fudge brownies and fun- a chance to meet some current and supervision of Park Superintendent rial,” said memorial co-founder Walter Philled conversations. future staffers and look back at some of Marshall Garcia at Cimarron Canyon Westphall, David’s brother. “We know the past years we served on staff! State Park. the state will publicize it better and —Marianne Gold Mark gave an update of things going bring in more visitors with more cere- on at the Ranch now and spoke about . . . and a memorial park monies besides the ones we have on some of the new and exciting opportu- Memorial Day and Veterans Day. This nities coming down the road. Ed made is hallowed ground for all veterans and In the final moments of the 2004 a quick stop in from Ames, IA on his their families and friends, and we look legislative session, the House of Repre- way back to Washington, D.C. since he forward to making our memorial a gift sentatives unanimously approved Sen- was "in the neighborhood!" And what to New Mexico.” ate Joint Resolution 11, approving state get-together would be complete with- Colfax County legislator Sen. acquisition of the National Vietnam out Dr. Holcomb's Philmont-famous Clinton Harden said, “The Vietnam Veterans memorial near Angel Fire. homemade ice cream?! Thanks again to Memorial is one of the most beautiful The legislation puts the memorial everyone who joined us for some fun spots in our state, with the Sangre de on track to becoming New Mexico’s and fellowship. You can count on Cristo Mountains rising behind it and newest state park, as soon as negotia- hearing some more about area gather- the Moreno Valley stretched out in tions for donation of the property are ings in the near future! Hey St. Louis, front of it. I think everyone needs to final. As with the bill that paved the how about we put a weekend together visit this awesome place.” way for Eagle Nest Lake State Park, First Annual Denver Area Snow Excursion. in the Ozarks? Left to right: Marianne Gold, Michelle Gross, the final word rests with Gov. Bill Laura Lampe Campbell, JJ Stevens, © 2004 by The Sangre de Cristo Chronicle. Tim “Techman” Rosseisen. —Cortland Bolles Richardson. Reprinted with permission.

18 regional reports philmont’s neighbors 19 commemoration of forty years of scouting The Sundial at Zastrow by the Boy Scouts of America.” The BSA the 2004 set the sundial at Schiff to prominently dis- By Jason Schubert new mexico Director of Philmont Museums play the fine gift and to recognize Schiff as the symbolic home of Wood Badge in the passages U.S. When the BSA closed Schiff in 1979, series In the December 2003 issue of HIGH The first Wood Badge course in the sundial was moved to Zastrow to rec- COUNTRY, Hal Daume wrote of seeing a America was held at Schiff Scout Reserva- ognize this peaceful spot along the bronze sundial at Zastrow Camp in 1989. tion in New Jersey in 1948. The second Rayado River at Philmont as the home of landscapes of He later recognized it as the same sundial took place at Cimarroncito Camp at Wood Badge in the U.S. he had seen in 1958 at Schiff Scout Reser- Philmont later that same year. For the 1949 From 1949 to 2002, Zastrow was northern vation in New Jersey. Many people course, Philmont built a lodge at the home- associated with Boy Scout training. new mexico stead site of Russian immigrant and early throughout the years have asked, “What is Zastrow has been the site of Regional by dawn chandler that ‘Axe & Log’ sundial at Zastrow, and Colfax County settler, Paul F. Zastrow, Wood Badge courses, Walking Wood how did it get to Philmont?” between Rayado and Abreu Camps. This Badge, Council Wood Badge courses, The “Axe and Log” image is, as many became the Zastrow (or Zastro, as it was and even aspects of National Junior at Sage Fine Art other Scouters know, one of the primary incorrectly written for many years) Camp we Leader Training courses. Today, Zastrow is on the Taos Plaza emblems of the Wood Badge course. For know today. a staffed camp where Scouting ideas such the sake of definition, Wood Badge is a The Wood Badge sundial at Zastrow as land navigation are taught and Scout- the month of June training course created by Lord Robert S. was a gift from the Boys Scouts of Eng- ing ideals such as the Brotherhood of all S. Baden-Powell in 1919 at Gilwell Park land to the Boys Scouts of America in Scouts are rekindled. The Wood Badge outside London to train adult Scout lead- 1950. The edge of the sundial’s base bears sundial still holds a prominent spot in the Opening Reception ers in Scouting fundamentals, campcraft, the inscription, “Presented by the Scouts of overall presence and program at Zastrow, Saturday, June 5th and troop administration. the British Commonwealth and Empire in America’s Gilwell Park. 4:30—7:00p.m. www.taosdawn.com

CORRECTIONS The October 2003 issue, page 12, dawn incorrectly identified Debbie Wise as Diane Miller in a photo caption. designs The “Bob Harvey Fellow,” reported in the February 2004 issue, is shared by both his parents, Paul and Mary Jane art by dawn chandler Harvey. Left: Hal Daume (center) and friends at the Schiff Scout Reservation in New Jersey, 1958. www.taosdawn.com Right: The Axe & Log sundial in the snow at Zastrow, March 2004. Photo by Michele Allen.

20 sundial sundial 21 of red is removed from a new axe han- the dining hall, a hot shower and a day Old Rangers dle, nearly ready to receive the linseed off, and with luck a scented letter from oil imparting a rich golden brown and home. The answer to your question The following exchange of Emails took place in 1998. the patina of authority before morning. must surely be “Yes.” “Katrina” is the name he’ll burn into the Rangers of summer, 1963. What a sheath, and carry it with pride. great group of Mr. Dunn’s best that was Dear Ed, that has narrowed the openings to a At Olympia a blue paste of Tetrox is —young men of strength and character slit-like squint which harkens back to lathered onto the cookpots, with great like Buster Simpson and Bob Rabuck, I was looking over my copy of the reptilian ancestors. The skin has a care taken to stop short of the rim, lest Jim Place and Giff Kessler, Greg Hobbs, PSA Directory today and came across persistent redness testifying to unpro- crew members be obliged to pursue an Dave Taliaferro and Tennessee Carl your name. Was wondering if you are tected sun exposure in regions of high unplanned nocturnal expedition. It’s Manning, Nick Stroud, Don Carlson, the same Ed Hobbs that I served with desert and mountains for which its dinnertime at Clark’s Fork and the Jack Crider and Bob Montoya, Drew as a Ranger in 1963? If you are, it would bearer was genetically ill-suited. Neck cacophony of youthful cries and beaten Shebay, Joe Martos and Bill Cass, Skip be great to chat with you. I’m finding wrinkles merge geographically with a pots reverberates to ward off the Stephan, Phil Yunker and Paul Felty to Philmont still holds a special place in mottled and reticulated pattern of reds evening’s black and cinnamon visitors. name but a few. my heart, even after all these years. and browns, crowned by auricles simi- At Abreu, packs of varying design are And so we return to the quandary at larly festooned and not functioning as shouldered, laden with food and heavy hand: bodies ravaged by time and ren- —Jack Harris they used to, but ringing all the time. gear surely made obsolete now by tech- dered difficult to recognize even by The news worsens as one pro- nology’s advance, and the ascent of the close friends, but memories indelibly Dear Jack, gresses inferiorly, and I will spare you canyon of the Rayado begun, bound for etched with the record of a life’s great the dismal details and merely allow a trail camp at The Crags, where tired event, a passage made in the finest Sorry to have taken so long to that the ten-inch difference between but happy by a fading fire a crew learns company. Perhaps our fondness for answer your note. I have been ponder- chest and waist sizes has been totally to sing “Ghostriders in the Sky.” Philmont grows as it derives not only ing your question and have not been effaced. Hands are cramped and stiff, At Ponil a hapless rattlesnake from love of its forested peaks and able to decide how to respond. I put the victim of the manual labor for which whose mistake it was to inhabit a major rocky streams and magnificent sky, the query to my brother Greg, who also they no longer serve. Nimble knees trail, dispatched with a shovel on the which surely was felt from our first rangered with us in ’63. His response and ankles that bore their owner in journey from Indian Writings that morn- days there, but from its intimate con- was immediate and unqualified: “Of leaps across the rocks and logs of the ing, sizzles as it deep fries in mar- nection with the discoveries and glories course you are!” North Fork of the Urraca with a full garine, the skin planked and salted to of our youth, now passing. But in truth, I must sadly report that pack now creak each morning. The the enthusiastic approbation of the I am not. The visage confronted in the answer to your question must surely be entire New York contingent. At Miner’s —Ed Hobbs mirror each morning bears little resem- “No.” Park, with great anticipation the ash- blance to that of the fresh 17-year-old And yet, in my dreams a young laden cover of a Dutch oven is lifted to you knew. The wavy blond hair has ranger stands again atop Clear Creek, glimpse the cobbler below, while the become limp and dull brown. A deep panting from the strain of the last long new ranger endeavors to conceal his furrow courses upward from the left haul to the summit, surveying the immense relief upon discovering that nasal bridge, the product of many clouds and peaks below, a biting wind the dessert is . . . perfect! The moon years of cares, both real and imagined. whipping the poncho tied about his rises over as he clears The once lean and angular features of waist. In Ranger City “Sugar Shack,” Stonewall Pass bound for headquar- countenance are now rounded and “Detroit City,” and “Sukiyaki” sound dis- ters, black coffee and apple fritters in Ranger, 1963 Scouter, 2001 puffy, with a swelling about the eyes tantly from a plastic radio as the last bit

22 old rangers old rangers 23 brand inspector, and his uncles, he Hampton, Jim Rice, Rankin Wolf, and The Colfax Chronicles: chose the cowboy life over college and Jim Taylor among others. Boss a basketball scholarship. Family ties Sanchez and other men of Philmont Two New Books from the led him to northern New Mexico, and in appear elsewhere. To all of those with 1949 he landed his first job at whom he has ridden the high country, Philmont. In 1951, he married a Cimar- Bob simply says, “Thanks, men, for let- Philmont Country ron girl, Bettye Maldon- ting me be part of your Reviewed by David L. Caffey ado. IN GROWING UPTO lives.” COWBOY:A MEMOIR OF Those who knew Philmont staff members of a cer- Whittington Center. There are also sto- THE AMERICAN WEST, Bob Bob and Bettye Knox in tain era may remember the Sweet ries about area coal camps, Raton’s tells it all, from early their Philmont years enter- Shop as a restaurant and candy shop red light district, and theatre in Raton. experiences on area tain the recollection of a near the bus station in downtown Of special interest is the author’s ranches to his last job as lanky, good-humored Raton--a good place to have a meal reminiscence about his father, “The cow boss on the sprawl- ranchman and his wife, an and pass some idle time Story of Jim Pappas.” ing UU-Bar. ever-cheerful presence in while traveling between Mike Pappas tells of his Most interesting to the training center office-- Philmont and home. The dad’s decision to locate in this reviewer was Bob’s a loving couple at home in Sweet Shop has since Colfax County to work in account of his adoption God’s Country. GROWING moved, and so has the the coal mines. His goal, by Lyle and Anna Knox. UPTOCOWBOY is the bus station. however, was to accumu- An infant in a roomful of unvarnished memoir of a The originator of the late capital that could be cribs in a Denver orphan- man who is grateful for the Sweet Shop was Jim Pap- used to establish his own age, he had the good fortune of catch- life he has lived. “Cowboying!!” the nar- pas, nee Demitri Papado- business. To this end, Jim ing Anna’s eye when the couple went rative concludes, “I feel fortunate that I manolakis, a Greek immi- Pappas bought a herd of “shopping” for a child while on a visit to can say I’ve been there and done that. grant from the isle of goats and began making the city in 1930. “I have always been It sure was a good ride!” Crete, who had come to goat cheese. He also grateful to Anna and Lyle for picking RATON HISTORY, MYSTERY, AND the U.S. at the age of 17 made and sold moon- me that day,” Bob writes. “I don’t know MORE is available from Mike Pappas, around 1910. Jim’s son, shine liquor during Prohi- how I came to be there in that orphan- P.O. Box 338, Raton, NM 87740, Mike Pappas, owns the contemporary bition. Jim was mainly a law-abiding age; that’s not important to me. A lov- $15.00 (116 pp., paper) postpaid. Sweet Shop, a spacious restaurant far- citizen and was not proud of this ing couple chose me out of a bunch of GROWING UPTOCOWBOY can be ther south on the business thoroughfare. episode, but the enterprise did help kids, loved me, and cared for me for ordered from Bob Knox, P.O. Box 236, Mike is also the author of a new book, him attain his goal. By 1923, the Sweet many years. They never failed me, Cimarron, NM 87714, $24.95 (116 pp., always standing by me, even when I hardcover) or $18.95 (paper) plus RATON HISTORY, MYSTERY, AND MORE. Shop had been launched. The author presents 18 vignettes More directly related to Philmont did some pretty stupid things. That’s $3.50 postage per book. Both authors from the area’s past—some familiar, is an autobiography by Bob Knox, who what’s important.” can probably be prevailed upon to sign some not so familiar. Included are spent some three decades on the In a chapter on “Some Top copies. The books are also available pieces on the 1913 Dawson mine dis- Ranch as horseman, cowboy, cattle Hands,” Knox spins out recollections of through online and retail booksellers. aster, the lynching of Gus Mentzner in foreman, and ranch superintendent. familiar Philmont figures—Ben Vargas, 1882, the development of Vermejo Knox grew up in Colorado and, based Bob Ricklefs, Chuck Enloe, Rod Taylor, Dave Caffey served on the Philmont staff from Park, and the founding of the NRA’s on time spent with his father, a state Doug Johnson, Leo Martinez, R.W. 1965 to 1977. He lives in Clovis, New Mexico.

24 colfax chronicles colfax chronicles 25 short stuff Boy Scout camp—not too many love Headquarters campfire program stories or Broadway show films lit up eventually took the place of Philmont’s In the mid-1950s, the Philmont set out each evening just in front of the the screen. Western Skies Outdoor Theatre. I don’t Western Skies Walk-In Outdoor The- wall screen. Now, I want to tell you what was know in what year the last picture atre played to a packed house every Theatre seats were campfire-style very special about the Western Skies show flickered on the painted wall, but evening. Philmont campers and staff logs laid out in slight angles toward Outdoor Theater that made it the best I wish I’d been there. had nothing else to do in the evenings the movie screen and not very comfort- place ever to watch old Westerns. It —few had cars—so the movies were a able, but okay for one to two hours. was the Western sky! Sitting out there David Jung welcome diversion. The last rows on either side of the pro- in the open, with dark all around, it San Rafael, CA Actually, the picture shows may jection house were dark, ideal spots for was surreal. Or maybe it was real. have staved off “civil wars” when making out as a good many PTC and Curley’s stagecoach could be powering If you have a good Phil-story or follow-up groups from the Deep South met up Cimarroncita Girls’ Camp female right by Camping Headquarters down article, we’d like to hear from you! See contact information on page 2. with Yankees and found it easier to staffers, plus a few local ranch girls, the road to Rayado (Car-Max at the talk with fists than words. George Bul- found out each summer. time). Or it could be Henry Fonda lock confided in me that he brought in Two or three different movies leading a cavalry charge across the val- the outdoor theater for just this reason. arrived at the Philmont post office ley beneath the Tooth of Time—better In 1955, I was one of three Head- every Tuesday. Sometimes a separate scenery than Monument Valley, any quarters Guides. A key responsibility cartoon shipment would arrive as well. time. The action seemed to come from of the guides was to operate the out- The previous week’s features would be all four sides, and the threatening, but door theatre. Since I was an experi- handed over. In case of a delayed ship- beautiful, displays of lightning almost enced projectionist back home in ment, we had some really old films in always fit right into most films. In the event of a full rainstorm, the movies school and enjoyed movies, I was reserve. I think one was even a silent Fly Fishing Adventures responsible sixty percent of the time. film starring Charlie Chaplin or Buster kept rolling. We only cancelled when The theatre was located just about Keaton. the rain prevented the start—and that in New Mexico where the current Camping Headquar- However, most of the movies had only happened twice in 1955. Fly fishing these pristine waters.... ters offices are located. The projector been made later—in the 1930s to 1940s, To add to the impact, two staff • Cimarron River was aimed north toward Cimarron some early 1950s, with emphasis on members began to introduce the • Rio Costilla (Valle Vidal) against the blank wall of old control “B” grade or less. There were many movies by giving brief plot descrip- • Red River center/public relations office. The wall less-than-memorable cowboy flicks tions and suggestions where the stories • Rio Grande • Private waters was white and had been repainted along with a few Western classics could have taken place on Philmont many times. An outhouse look-alike including “Stagecoach,” “Fort under Western skies. The Westerns For more information housed the 16 mm projector with Apache,” and “She Wore a Yellow were clearly the favorites, so we kept Doc Thompson’s plenty of room for the projectionist and Ribbon,” all with John Wayne. I also copies of the best ones for the rest of High Country Anglers an assistant to maneuver to set up the remember many Alfred Hitchcocks the summer. We put on great shows for www.flyfishnewmexico.com show and make repairs, an all-too-fre- and the full range of Civil War, WW I, the campers and staff, and the proof is [email protected] quent occurrence. Two auxiliary speak- and WWII movies. Whoever stocked that no one ever complained that there ers operated off the projector and were our shelves understood that it was a was no popcorn! “Bueno Rises”

26 short stuff short stuff 27 Knowing How to Pick a Good Campsite! POEMS OF PHILMONT Greg Hobbs worked on the Philmont staff most years from 1963 through 1969 and served on the Philmont Ranch Committee from Despite the Ponil Complex Fire in June 2002, and the aftermath of flooding 1988 to 1998. He is a prolific author of Philmont poetry, including the following: and erosion, Box Canyon Cave in the Ponil Country remains virtually the same as RAYADO TO CAPULIN TIMBERLINE when it was abandoned around a thousand years ago. Dates for inhabitation of Box Canyon Cave vary according to which source Rayado Canyon to Capulin Ahead — who knows what? you may ask. There is considerable data substantiating inhabitation near the end This land arcs Maybe a marmot, of Anasazi occupation in the North Ponil (circa 1200 A.D). It is quite probable From mountain trout Maybe a trout, To antelope. West is up, For sure, one of those tumble- though, as it is a good campsite, that it was used at least sporadically for hun- East is down. I’ve walked Down snow-slide aspen dreds (thousands???) of years before that. Box Canyon was first “excavated” dur- The Western part Cruncher snags, ing the summer of 1940 under the leadership of Sam Bogan and the Philturn Enough to lock my knee Archaeological Expedition. Bogan recounts their work and adventures in “Let the And crack my lips. And that’s just going the uphill Neither hand nor eye Part. Doing down Coyotes Howl,” a worthy read, and a must for Philmonters who have been Nor expectation Can pound the knees captured by the spirit of the North Ponil. Can catch the land To peanut brittle The fire of 2002 scorched all the landscape on the rim of the Box Canyon and As stiffness in the body Or that stiff-legged freeze-up Can. Hiking takes to understand Stuff parts of the canyon as the fire made its way from Hart Peak down into the North Powell and Moran, Ponil. Dave Kenneke took this picture of the untouched dwelling in January 2004. Rock more prominent than When you’ve got to throw Water and water to the rock Your hip and leg out The eye and hand of God. Just to stop, Then that get-your- Butt-back-up-another Mountaintop.

BUCKLE DOWN So who you think left Those blazes in the trees? In camping And why those bear claw tracks I’ve been closer Are higher than a man by half To the ground than And fresher than I wish I could, A week ago? I never would a pebble Notice as when my Hope some dog-sized trout Back is to it — Are gonna’ bite, Leaks all round, I’m fightin’ Rivers through it! Off the sit-me-down-forever I’ve had to buckle Yearning kind of night, Down the long pull God I hope When my toes might’ve Cried, “You really shouldn’t!” That’s timberline in sight.

28 good campsite poetry 29 trail talk The Philmont Museum-Seton Memorial Library is 1960s 1980s proud to inform you of the return of Alan Frierson (67-70, 72) writes: “since Dave Kenneke (88-04) proudly exclaims, two Philmont Classics. getting the Kit Carson/Rayado Men pro- “Llewelyn ‘Lee’ Porter Kenneke arrived in gram off to a good start in ‘68, I’ve been Colfax County on January 17, 2004. Both A MANUAL OF WOODSLORE SURVIVAL AS DEVELOPED AT able to continue a similar lifestyle. Last Lee and mom Cindy are doing well. Lee is PHILMONT OR "HOW TO EAT WEEDS AND LIKE EM" year I climbed 14,000-foot Mt. Shasta from predicting that the seasonal staff of 2021 is back in print. First printed in the early 1950s, this another direction and tried to explore the will be the best staff ever!” manual served the survival training portions of parts of the Marble Mountain Wilderness Philmont programs for over two decades. Much of that had yet eluded me. Since we follow the information in this book is still wonderful scout- a job-sharing model in my pediatric prac- 1990s craft. Scouts and Scouters will love this vintage work tice, I can get into the mountains every Father Don Hummell, longtime Philmont on shelters, fire making, survival cooking, and plant & other week during the summer. I recently chaplain and former PSA Executive Com- animal gathering. found the Rick Steves’ approach to travel- mittee member, will be honored with the You have seen original copies go on ebay for ing Italy comes close to backpacking: Silver Buffalo award for his distinguished well over twenty dollars. Now you can have your everything is on your back and it’s all service to Scouting at the national BSA own newly printed copy for only $8 (plus shipping if about route-finding and covering as much meeting in May. Congratulations to Father you can't swing by the museum anytime soon). ground as you can each day, albeit on city Don for this well-deserved recognition! For nostalgia, for Philmont promotion, or just for the knowledge of streets. I am usually heading out by myself "How to Eat Weeds and Like Em." into the Marbles, so give me a call if you think you can keep up with this 53-year- MOVED? MARRIED? CHANGED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? old.” Address: 691 Murphy Road, Suite Let us know by sending an email to: We have also recently discovered a supply 114, Medford, OR 97504. [email protected] Phone: 541-773-3688. of the1967 work THE PHILMONT PACK-JACKS, by Frank Brookshire. As the museum already has many copies preserved in its collection, we have decided to make the remaining stock available for sale at $10 each. This is a fun and informative look at the his- tory of burros at Philmont and in the Southwest. Don't miss this unique piece of Philmont history and memorabilia. This is the original publication. Not a reprint.

Drop by, call, email, or snail mail: Philmont Museum, 17 Deer Run Road, Cimarron NM 87714 505-376-2281 ext 256 [email protected] “PHIL-SURVIVOR” BECOMES THE NEXT HIT TV REALITY SHOW.

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