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Adventure West Council

Here's a little additional information & history about Troop 97's local Council. The new Adventure West name recognizes the May 2021 merger of Longs Peak Council (Greeley, CO) and Greater Wyoming Council (Casper, WY). For administrative purposes, most councils sub-divide their territory into several geographic "districts". Currently the Council has seven districts. The combined Council is geographically large, although much of the Council territory is lightly populated. The Council now covers 10 northern/northeastern Colorado counties, 12 Nebraska panhandle counties, plus almost 16 of Wyoming's 23 counties.

Brief History of the Adventure West Council

Major Council Merger Events

The brief information below gives some idea of the complexity of the history of most Councils. There may well have been other short-lived councils in the early days. Name changes generally indicated minor adjustments to the Council's territory. The predecessor Councils mostly date from about 1917, with 1928 representing the consolidation of northern Colorado and southeast Wyoming. Since 1928 there have been only two major additions plus two county adjustments. [Number shown is the official BSA-assigned Council number. Town listed is the official Council headquarters, though Councils typically covered a much wider area.]

1928 Merger—Weld & Morgan Counties Council #62 (Greeley, CO) + Longs Peak Council #689 (Boulder, CO) + Southeastern Wyoming Council #639 (Cheyenne, WY) merge in 1928 to form the core of the modern Council. The combined Council keeps its headquarters in Greeley and the BSA number 62, but adopts the name of Boulder's Council as more descriptive.

1975 Merger—Wyo-braska Council #325 (Scottsbluff, NE) territory added. [Its forerunner Councils date from 1929.]
1975 & 2019 County Transfer & Return—Carbon county, Wyoming, transferred to Jim Bridger Council (Rock Springs, WY) in 1975; then returned to Longs Peak Council in 2019.
2019 County Transfer—Deuel county, Nebraska, transferred from Overland Trails Council (Grand Island, NE) to Longs Peak Council.
2021 Merger—Greater Wyoming Council #638 (Casper, WY) territory added; combined Council keeps #62 and headquarters in Greeley, but chose the more descriptive name of Adventure West Council for the larger territory.

More Details on the Former Councils that Constitute the Adventure West Council

Colorado (north of Denver)

1917-20—[There were Councils in Boulder, Fort Collins, & Longmont by 1917. By 1919-20 these had either ceased to exist or merged together. At some point the Boulder Council renamed itself as Longs Peak Council.]
1916-24—Greeley Council #62 (Greeley)
1924-28—Weld & Morgan Counties Council #62 (Greeley) results from merger of Greeley Council (Weld county) + Morgan county.
1925-28—Longs Peak Council #689 (Boulder)
1928-2021—Longs Peak Council #62 (Greeley) results from merger of Weld & Morgan Counties Council #62 (Greeley) + Longs Peak Council #689 (Boulder) + Southeastern Wyoming Council #639 (Cheyenne, WY).
2021-now—Adventure West Council #62 (Greeley); name change as a result of the merger with the Greater Wyoming Council

Nebraska (panhandle)

1920-24—Scottsbluff Council #328 (Scottsbluff); becomes Platte Valley Council
1924-26—Platte Valley Council #663 (Scottsbluff); becomes Tri-City Council
1926-27—Tri-City Council #663 (Scottsbluff); ceases to exist in 1927; successor is Nebraska Panhandle Area Council

1929-35—Nebraska Panhandle Area Council #325 (Scottsbluff); becomes Scottsbluff Area Council
1935-36—Scottsbluff Area Council #325 (Scottsbluff); becomes Wyo-braska Council (presumably with the addition of Goshen & Platte counties in Wyoming)
1936-75—Wyo-braska Council #325 (Scottsbluff)
1975-now—Council merges with Longs Peak Council

2019-now—Deuel county (Chappell) transfers from Overland Trails Council #322 (Grand Island, NE) to Longs Peak Council (Deuel county sits on top of the northeast corner of Colorado).

Wyoming (southeastern)

1920-25—Cheyenne Council #639 (Cheyenne); becomes Southeastern Wyoming Council
1925-28—Southeastern Wyoming Council #639 (Cheyenne)
1928-now—Southeastern Wyoming Council merges with Weld & Morgan Counties Council #62 (Greeley, CO) + Longs Peak Council #689 (Boulder, CO) to form the new Longs Peak Council #62 (Greeley, CO)
1929-31—Cheyenne Council #639 apparently becomes separate for two years, then rejoins Longs Peak Council

1975-2019—Carbon county (Rawlins) transfers from Longs Peak Council to Jim Bridger Council (Rock Springs); [In 1993, Jim Bridger merges with two other councils to form the Trapper Trails Council #589 (Ogden, UT)]
2019-now—Carbon county returns to Longs Peak Council

Wyoming (central)

1917-18 & 1920-25—Casper Council #638 (Casper); becomes Casper Area Council
1920-22—Sheridan Council #640 (Sheridan); becomes Sheridan County Council
1922-26—Sheridan County Council #640 (Sheridan); becomes Sheridan Area Council
1925-29—Casper Area Council #638 (Casper)
1926-29—Sheridan Area Council #640 (Sheridan)

1929-2016—Central Wyoming Council #638 (Casper) results from merger of Casper Area Council & Sheridan Area Council
2016-2021—Greater Wyoming Council #638 (Casper); name change
2021-now—Greater Wyoming Council #638 (Casper) merges with Longs Peak Council to become the Adventure West Council #62 (Greeley, CO)

1975—Merger of Wyo-braska Council with Longs Peak Council also brings two more Wyoming counties into the Council

Adventure West Council Merger History [click for larger image]

Adventure West Council Districts
Shoshone & Thunder Basin districts are the former Greater Wyoming Council
TriTrails district is the former Wyo-braska Council
Frontier, Bighorn, Wapiti, & Golden Plains districts reflect the pre-1975 Longs Peak Council