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April 2002
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Vol. 13, Number 2
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Dover Dam
Weekend will offer adventures in fire safety, May 3-5
Camp Tuscazoar will once again offer a variety of fun and
educational activities at its annual Dover Dam Weekend, May 3-5.
Naturally, no Dover Dam Weekend would be complete without a visit
to Dover Dam. Since 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has
graciously led guided tours of the dam for camp visitors and this
year will be no exception. On the hillside above the dam is
Buzzard's Roost, which is always a popular spot to visit either
before or after a tour of the dam.
The weekend will also feature an emphasis on fire safety. A variety
of activities and demonstrations are planned, including fire
management by the U.S. Forest Service, home fire safety, an
ambulance with medics, several fire-fighting vehicles, the jaws of
life and a police K-9 unit. Scout groups participating in the
Saturday events will have an opportunity to earn Firemanship Merit
Badge.
The organized events will begin at flag-raising on Saturday morning
and will conclude with an evening campfire program at the Hoover
Lodge amphitheater.
Campsites are still available. The $7 per person activity fee
includes all camp events, a souvenir patch and a BBQ chicken
dinner Saturday evening. Camping and canoeing fees are additional.
For more information, call 330-859-2288.
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Second annual "Primitive Gathering"
coming June 15-16
Camp Tuscazoar will host its second Primitive Gathering
June 15 and 16. This event showcases the primitive skills of atlatl,
primitive archery, flint knapping and basket weaving.
The public is invited to join in and participate in this unusual
display of primitive arts. The camp gates will be open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. Skilled
craftsman will display their crafting, throwing and shooting
talents. Practice and challenge ranges will be open to visitors and
exhibitors to try their
throwing skills. 
Instructors will have throwing sticks and darts to try. The
event will also offer flint, atlatl and primitive archery crafts for purchase. A benefit auction with
finely crafted items is scheduled for Saturday.
If you have questions, or if you are interested in exhibiting or
assisting, please contact Norm Saeger via e-mail at
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Camp
Tuscazoar clatter
The camp has a new sign-in board,
thanks to the efforts of Jim Murray and Troop 38. Be sure to stop
and sign in if you are coming to camp to hike for the day.
The museum has a fresh supply of the “Hail All Ye Old Time
Campers” cassette tapes. Introduced in 1985 by the Troop 5
Foundation, this tape features a number of camp songs sung by former Tuscazoar camp staffers. Stop by the museum on your next weekend
visit and pick up a copy.
Todd Lehigh is installing a small wood-burning furnace in Troop 5
Cabin. The furnace should be ready to go this spring. Dick Matheny
and Don Selby have been working to enlarge a storage area in Kimble
Hall to hold the steam tables that are used for event weekends.
Thanks to Todd, Dick and Don for their hard work on these projects.
A workday is planned for April 6. Make plans to help prepare the
camp for spring!
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Tuscazoar events, programs and activities
For reservations or additional information,
contact Camp Tuscazoar at 330-859-2288 |
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Mark your
calendars for the annual Pig Weekend, Sept. 13-15
Preparations are already underway for
“Tuscazoar's greatest weekend”. The Pig Gig campout will offer an
assortment of outdoor activities for campers Sept. 13-15 and the Pig
Roast fund-raiser will once again offer a delicious meal that can’t
be beat. Last year, the Pig Roast was open on both Saturday and
Sunday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. By popular demand, we will offer those
hours again this year. So, if you can’t make it down to camp on
Sunday, or if you have a family member in camp for the Pig Gig
Campout and want to join them for the evening meal, then plan to
head to camp Saturday evening.
This weekend is vital to the annual maintenance and upkeep at Camp
Tuscazoar. As the monthly costs of electricity, propane, fuel,
supplies, trash removal, insurance and other expenses continue to
rise, the Pig Weekend has helped to boost our funds and enable us to
keep our camping fees affordable. We are extremely grateful for the
generosity and support we receive for this event.
Advance tickets for the Pig Roast will be available from Camp
Tuscazoar Foundation members or by contacting the camp. We will
announce more details in the next issue of the Breeze.
Dan Fladung, also known as Soundspirit, kept
campers spellbound at the Pig Gig campfire last fall with his songs,
stories and Native American artifacts.
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Think Spring! It's time for our annual
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Dover Dam Weekend
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Get out of the house!
Come and enjoy...
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- Fire safety activities
- Tours of Dover Dam
- Campfire program
- BBQ chicken dinner
- and much, much more!
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May 3-5 at historic Camp Tuscazoar
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Gold Rush
offered lots of fun and games, but not much snow or ice
Eleven patrols from 8 troops (4 senior units, 6 junior
units, and 1 Webelos Den) enjoyed a warm and sunny Gold Rush at
Camp Tuscazoar in February. Events and happenings included:
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Inspection - After the colors were raised at the
parade grounds, Patrol Leaders drew each other’s names and conducted
inspection.
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Compass - A challenging course straight from the
Scout compass game.
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Fuzz & fire - The scout who bet the eggs were
already hard-boiled (and cracked the egg on his head to prove it)
got a free egg shampoo.
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Nature ID - Units were asked to identify rocks,
birds, constellations, leaves, and animal tracks.
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Knots – The groups hiked down to Blackfoot to tie
clove hitches, half hitches, square knots, fisherman knots, and
sheet bends, then walked a course with the Patrol tied together.
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Casting - It was a nice spring-like day. What
better way to spend it than practicing casting into a bucket?
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First Aid - Tests of knowledge and skill
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Light the candle - The Webelos Den beat everyone
lighting a candle by making a twelve-foot paper tube and
extinguishing the lit candle from twelve feet away!
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Archery - Three scouts hit the bulls-eye --an X on
a paper plate from 15 feet.
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The day ended with retreat, dinner, campfire with
songs and skits from the patrols, and first place awards.
Congratulations to everyone for a job well done.
Howard Rubin, Jr.
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St. Patrick's Day
brings green to Tuscazoar
by Ranger Dana Powers
The signs of spring are edging out of the ground at
our camp. The unstoppable Multiflora Rose is greening, the trees are
showing buds and some smaller plants are peeking out from their cover
of leaves. St. Patrick's Day also starts our spring hours. The camp
will be open for visitors and members for daily use from 8:30 a.m. to 6
p.m. now – a change from the current 4 p.m. All camp daily
visitors need to be out of camp at that time. Sunset at this time of
year is about 6:30 p.m. Remember to use the sign-in sheet as you visit
camp. This helps us identify who is in camp if there is an emergency.
Also, we can show camp usage figures when we apply for grants and
other items to help support the camp functions.
We receive requests daily for information on daily, overnight and
some week usage rates at camp. The usual process for this is...
1) First, call the camp ranger to inquire about date and site
availability. Have a first and second choice for dates and sites to
inquire on.
2) Verbally confirm a date and site with the ranger.
3) A camping application is mailed to the guest about that time.
4) From that verbal confirmation date, the guest has 14 days to pay
for their reservation and return the application, or the reservation
is not guaranteed. Typically, we will attempt to contact you by
telephone to inquire about payment before any cancellation.
Reservations cannot be made more than a year in advance. Groups in
camp have until Sunday at checkout (11:30 a.m.) to make reservations
in their current location for the following year. Here is a brief
price structure for weekend camp lodge rentals (for youth groups
only).
$50 Hoover Lodge
$60 Hoover Lodge & field
$45 Keppler Lodge
$55 Keppler Lodge & field
$40 Jamboree Lodge
$30 Troop 5 Cabin
$25 Duryee Lodge (ground floor) |
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Colonel
Henry Bouquet in the Tuscarawas River valley
by Dave Tschantz
 Colonel Henry
Bouquet of the Royal American Regiment of the British Army was
a major military figures in colonial American history. His
campaigns were significant to the historical development of
the Ohio Valley. Had Bouquet not broken the power of the
Indians, the Americans would have had no foothold beyond the
Appalachian Mountains to help fight the Revolutionary War and
begin the country’s westward expansion.
Bouquet was born in
1719 to a respected family in Switzerland. He began his
military career early, enlisting at the age of seventeen in
one of the professional regiments hired by various European
powers. While serving in the Swiss Guards of the Prince of
Orange, he polished his military skills and won promotion to
lieutenant colonel. The French and Indian War brought Bouquet
to America in the spring of 1756, the year after the
disastrous defeat of Major General Edward Braddock near Ft.
Duquesne (now Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania. That defeat
undoubtedly weighed heavily on the mind of the 37-year-old
lieutenant colonel. Bouquet was successful in recruiting men
among the German settlers of Pennsylvania and Maryland to
serve in his regiment and they were sent in 1757 to
Charlestown, South Carolina to improve that colony’s
defenses.
However, in
1758 he was recalled to Pennsylvania where he was named
second-in-command under Brig. General John Forbes for the
capture of Ft. Duquesne. Bouquet was responsible for
supervising the construction of the Forbes Road, which the
army used to travel from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to the French
fort at the forks of the Ohio. The British captured the fort
after the French abandoned it on November 24, 1758 and Forbes
renamed Ft. Pitt and later Pittsburgh, in honor of the great
British statesman, William Pitt. Bouquet engaged in other
expeditions against the French until the war ended with the
Treaty of Paris on February 7, 1763.
Bouquet’s
important service to the Ohio Valley and the Camp Tuscazoar
area began after the French and Indian War. In the spring of
1763 the Indians, whose relations with the British swiftly
deteriorated in large measure due to British arrogance, broke
the peace and attacked all of the British posts in the western
country. This series of attacks is now called Pontiac’s War,
from the name of the Ottawa chief who besieged Detroit. Forts
Pitt, Niagara and Detroit held out during the siege, but all
of the other posts between them were overrun or surrendered by
the end of June 1763. Bouquet, still in America after much of
the British Army had been withdrawn following the cessation of
hostilities with the French, was ordered to march with a force
of 400 troops to relieve Ft. Pitt. They set out in July and,
near Bushy Run, a few miles north of Jeannette, Pennsylvania,
the little army was ambushed on August 5th and 6th
by a similar force of Indians composed mainly of Delaware and
Shawnee warriors.
Continued in the next issue of the Breeze
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Camp website returns
After a two-month absence, the Camp Tuscazoar
website has returned to the worldwide web. The site was inadvertently
shut down in December when our previous host chose to dedicate their
server to other projects. The Foundation has since located a new host,
and the site went "live" again in early February. We apologize
for any inconvenience this may have caused. Visit www.tuscazoar.org
to check out our new format and to get the latest camp information.
Also, be sure to send us your inputs on how we can improve the site.
Coming Events:
April
7 |
CTF Board Meeting |
May
3-5 |
Dover
Dam Weekend |
May
5 |
CTF
Board Meeting |
June
2 |
CTF
Board Meeting |
June
15-16 |
Primitive
Gathering |
July
14 |
CTF
Board Meeting |
Aug.
4 |
CTF
Board Meeting |
Sept.
8 |
CTF
Board Meeting |
Sept.
13-15 |
Pig
Weekend |
Camp Tuscazoar "Breeze"
is published by theCamp Tuscazoar Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 308
Zoarville, OH 44656-0308
http://www.tuscazoar.org |
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This summer, plan to hike one
of the trails that pass Tuscazoar
Besides the trails and paths within Camp Tuscazoar’s
perimeters, several trails pass close to and through the camp.
The Buckeye Trail passes through camp along the railroad bed.
The Buckeye Trail is more than 1,200 miles long and encircles Ohio
in a continuous loop. The trail passes through forests, state and
local parks, small towns and urban areas where traveling on foot,
offering a unique perspective. For more information on the Buckeye
Trail, visit www.buckeyetrail.org.
The Zoar Valley Trail (ZVT) is a 17-mile
excursion from Fort Laurens past Zoar, Zoarville, Camp Tuscazoar and
ending at Schoenbrunn Village in New Philadelphia. This trail
travels through Ohio history, past canal locks, old railroad beds,
among tall sycamores and quiet trilliums. The trail is provided as a
public service of the Ohio Historical Society. For more information
on the Zoar Valley Trail, visit the Camp Tuscazoar website at www.tuscazoar.org/zoarvalleytrail.htm.
The Ohio-to-Erie Trail is a multi-purpose
recreation and transportation trail linking Cincinnati, Columbus and
Cleveland. The trail follows lands formerly occupied by railroads
and canals. Hikers, bikers, and other groups including bird
watchers, horseback riders, cross-country skiers, and nature lovers
enjoy the Trail as they pass through quiet woods, lush fields,
charming small towns, and dynamic urban centers. For more
information, visit www.ohio-to-erie-trail.org.
The North Country National Scenic Trail is a
premier footpath that one day will stretch more than 4,000 miles to
link communities and wilderness areas across seven northern states.
Already, almost 1,700 miles have been completed. For more
information, visit www.northcountrytrail.org.
All four trails will travel across the Zoarville
Station Bridge, when the bridge is completely restored. Why not plan
to hike one of these trails with your group this summer?
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