Chapter 13
The Eagle Scout
The 1910 Boy Scouts of America Official Handbook listed the highest award as the Silver Wolf. It was awarded to anyone who earned all 14 of the merit badges that were listed in that book. These merit badges were: Ambulance, Clerk, Cycling, Electrician, Fireman, Gardener, Horseman, Marksmanship, Master-of-Arms, Musician, Pioneer, Seamanship, Signaler, and Stalkers. The Silver Wolf award was mentioned under the Badges of Merit Section, but was considered a “special award.” It was not considered a rank or class. In the 1911 Boy Scouts of America Handbook For Boys, the Star Scout Badge and Life Scout Badge were introduced as badges but Eagle was listed as the “highest Scout merit badge.”
- The over 5,000 Eagle Scouts of Hawk Mountain Council
- Eagle Requirements from 1911 to 2010
- The Eagle medal and patch
- Some Eagles: the Alley brothers, Bob Bates, Tom Beaver, Scotty Bradbury, Don Bradbury, Tom & Albert Davis, Carl Fetzer, Mark Abramowicz, John Grimes, Michael Hasker, Stewart Haggerty, Randall Keinard, James Keiser, Bernie Marquardt, Jonathan Maziekas, John Ochs, George Pinkey, Jim Shadel, Clifford Weinhold, Jeffrey Warmkessel, Michael Yeakley, Douglas Young, and many more
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