The GGAC History web site was created in association with the Golden Gate Area Council Boy Scouts of America. We are dedicated to preserving the rich history of Bay Area Scouting with respect to the Golden Gate Area Council and its legacy councils: San Francisco Bay Area Council, Alameda Council, Mt. Diablo Silverado Area Council and their legacy councils: Oakland Area Council, San Francisco Council, Mt Diablo Council, Silverado Council, Berkeley Council, Contra Costa Council, Napa Council and their camps and leaders.
The information on this site has been gathered from the historical archives of the SFBAC as well as from numerous Scouts, Scouter’s, campers and organizations dedicated to preserving the history and memorabilia of Scouting.
If you have any comments or suggestions on how this site can be improved let us know, as your ideas are greatly appreciated. Additionally, if you have any local Bay Area Scouting history that you would like to share with others (photographs, camp history, Memorabilia) please contact us: [email protected]
Our special thanks goes out to the following individuals and organizations who have contributed to this site:
Steve Kline – Research, History, Website Development
Joann Sebastian – Bay Area Scouter, SFBAC Information
Don Wilkinson – Machek N’Gult Lodge, Oakland Area Council, Dimond-O
Craig Leighty – Order of the Arrow Information
Mark Clevenger – Golden Gate Council Patch Images
Joe Remlinger (In memory) – Dimond-O Information
Durland Skinner (In memory) – MIWOK information, Dimond-O Information
Scott Rodgers – Royaneh Information
Bill Parker (In memory) – Camp Meek Information
Tim Buchen – SFBAC Archives
Jason Lewis – SFBAC Archives
Charles Howard-Gibbon – SFBAC, Alameda Information
Ray Sutliff – Photographs, Camp Dimond information
Jay Oakman – Oakland Area Council Patch Segments, Brownsea information
Bill Heinze (In memory) – Camp Wente, Camp Royaneh information
Heather Mellon – Hayward Area Historical Society
Lew Gardner (In memory) – Dimond-O Information
Jerry Abad (In memory) – Dimond-O Information
Linda Hamilton – Historian, Oakland Rotary Club
Adam Lombard – Oakland and San Francisco Camp Patch Image collection
Alan O’Conner – San Francisco Council Bulletins, 1939-1949
Steven Welch – Quartermaster Ship 22, Sea Scout Information
Bryan Moynihan – Knights of Dunamis information (in memory of Ken Moynihan)
Keith “Uncle Buck” McColm – Russian Gulch Information
Karen Pahler – SFBAC Council President Information
Fred Manns – San Francisco Council Information
Dave Johnson – Camp Loomer Information
Bob Alberts – Camp Moore images (In memory of Fred Alberts)
Lois Kline – Camp Royaneh Genealogical research (thanks Mom!)
Jim Bowles – Former Lodge Chief of Machek N’Gult
Dave Minnihan – Royaneh Lodge, San Francisco Council Information
John Packer – Golden Acorn Troop 220 – MIWOK Information
Joe Ehrman III (In memory) – Lilienthal, KOD & San Francisco Council Information
Larry Teshara (In memory) – Royaneh, Lilienthal, Royaneh Lodge Information
Alto “Al” Moorbrink (In Memory) – Camp Royaneh Beltloop Images
Richard Pitman – Troop 76 – Camp Dimond pictures
David Miura – Knights of Dunamis Chapter information
Orion E Hill – Knights of Dunamis Chapter/Conference History (1975)
Ed Totman (Camp Dimond, Miwok, 1942-1950) – Miwok Map, Dimond-O Images
Barbara Myer Klein – Arthur H. (Pie) Myer information
Charles O’Malley (Royaneh Kitchen Staff 1951) – Images of Royaneh
John Shaw – Memorabilia images from Legacy Councils
Jim Conrad – Hiking Trail Information, Boy Scout Trail Memorabilia Collectors
Scott Gaddis – Alameda Council Information
The Camp Timberwolf Improvement Committee – Camp Timberwolf Information
Oakland Tribune – News Articles 1910 – Present
Oakland Library History Room
UC Berkeley Water Resources Library – Willits Scout Dam information
United States Forest Service Land Use History – Dimond-O information
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