100 years of scouting
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Boy Scout Troop 2 waits for the 5:15 train at Makua for the trip back to the city after attending a camp outing in Makua Valley in 1911.
Boys’ Life is the flagship youth publication of the Boy Scouts of America. It was purchased in 1912 from George S. Barton of Massachusetts, who started the magazine a year earlier. Boys’ Life circulation has grown from 6,000 in 1912 to 1.3 million today.
