Camp Fawcett

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll give it to you straight from the record. Out here in Edwards County, there's a place called Camp Fawcett, and the name alone is worth a story. The camp opened in 1928, a spot carved out for the Boy Scouts of America under the Southwest Texas Council.

That council was a big operation, covering eight counties: Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala. Eight counties. That's a lot of ground for young scouts to cover, and cover it they did.

The camp was named for E.K. Fawcett, the President of that Southwest Texas Council. When a council names a camp after you, you've done something right.

Now, the camp didn't stay in that original council forever. In 1943, the Southwest Texas Council merged with the Concho Valley Council, bringing all those eight counties into a new fold. Things change, organizations grow, boundaries shift.

But inside Camp Fawcett, there's a piece of history that held its ground. The Main Hall bears the name of V.A. Brown, the camping chairman back in 1930.

Not every chairman gets a hall named after him, but V.A. Brown's name got attached to that building and stayed there. The marker itself was set to be dedicated on October 1, 1967.

A camp, a council, a merger, and a Main Hall, all of it right here in Edwards County, waitin' on you to come find it.

What the marker says

Opened 1928. named for E.K. Fawcett, President, Southwest Texas council, Boy Scouts of America. That area--Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties -- merged in 1943 with the Concho Valley Council. Main Hall is named for 1930 camping chairman, V.A. Brown. (1967) Marker to be dedicated October 1, 1967