I think I posted this before, but can't find anything about it... so, better to be safe and post it than to wonder, and fail to get it on the blog. Boy Scouts taking the Lincoln Highway in a modern day covered wagon

some years ago I remember posting about the Lincoln Highway, but didn't know it was Scouts that put up mile and highway markers along the 4000 miles of the Lincoln Highway. Try and pull that event off today. Lawyers would shut you down in an instant, liberals would be hot on their heels to get the kids taken away by CPS from their parents, and politicians would try and claim credit for the accomplishment.

So, here, in the above photo, is the 1928 New York City to San Franscisco 3389 Miles in 34 Days trek.

 

https://boyslife.org/wayback/#issue=Nz9okUT9dVMC&pg=25

 https://boyslife.org/wayback/#issue=Nz9okUT9dVMC&pg=25
click through to see the entire itinerary, but here's a sample

http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/BSA-1928/BSA-Index.html?fbclid=IwAR10MDo7c7D4-KM8MxiDBfCVSKTaiLqrhwv9W_uTtahwRyXjUtDW08Kc77o

And the last of those scouts? Lived to 102!

 While in the Navy, Queneau improved oxygen tanks in planes so pilots could fly at higher altitudes. This earned him the Navy Commendation Medal.

He was the last living member of that seven-person expedition.



https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/12/08/bernard-queneau/

but I find it as amazing that in 1914 a Boy Scout troop hiked with a wagon of supplies from Minnesota to San Fransisco

that I posted about 3 years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/01/1914-kids-were-made-of-tough-pioneer.html