Troop History
Troop 41 was first charted on Jan 1, 1934 but there are no official
records to prove it. Any records have long since been lost and if there were any records at the National Headquarters
office a fire in the early 1940's destroyed many records. So the earliest official charter the Troop has is Jan 1, 1944.
Since then Troop 41 has
been continuously re-charted every year. While nothing official is at the BSA Hq's Office before 1944, there is one
piece of paper that has been around for some time showing all the Chartering Organizations of the Troop and a camporee trophy
from 1934. Neither are enough proof for BSA to grant us recognition before 1944, however.
Group of Citizens 1934 - 1938
Rosamond School PTA 1938 - 1942
Rosamond
Chamber of Commerce 1942 - 1946
Burton Brothers, Inc. (H. Clifford
Burton) 1946 - 1950
Tropico Mines (Clifford G. Burton) 1950 - 1951
Rosamond School PTA 1952 - 1954
Lions Club 1954 - 1961
Kiwanis 1961 - 1992
American Legion Post 490 1992
- 2010
American Legion Post 476 2011 - Present
From 1944 to 2000 five Scouts earned the rank of Eagle. The troop
was relatively small averaging no more than 10 Scouts. During that period, since 1960 Jim Williford made sure the troop
stayed chartered recruited enough Scouts and scoutmasters to keep it going. He refused to let it fail. By 1990
the troop found itself very small with about five Scouts and aligned with Troop 890 in Rosamond which was also small, but
it gave both troops more leaders to do events together and help survive their very low numbers. Ray Folck was Scoutmaster
and Frank Paravato Assistant Scoutmaster. For the next 10 years they would hold the troop together. In
1999 six Webelos from Pack 541 joined Troop 41 and that began a new era of growth. In 2000 the troop separated from
Troop 890 and chartered independently. Growth continued and by 2001 the troop had over 20 Scouts. (the rest
of the story is currently being written. If you have any information on the troops early history please e-mail the contact
on this website.)
