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| [[ | | [[Quapaw_Area_Council#Historic_Camps|Camp Cedar Valley]] || Eastern Arkansas Council || [http://www.eaac.org/camp/ccv.htm Sold] || In 2002, after the merger of the Eastern Arkansas Council into the Quapaw Area Council, Camp Cedar Valley was it promptly sold to a private owner. It is still is an active camp, on 777 acres just south of Viola , Arkansas on U.S. 412, in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. | ||
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| [[Camp | | [[De Soto Area Council |Camp Desoto]] || De Soto Area Council || [http://www.desotoareacouncil.org/id10.html Active] || Located outside Junction City, AR. | ||
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| [[Camp | | [[Westark Area Council|Camp Orr]] || Westark Area Council || [http://www.westarkbsa.org/Camping/CampOrr/ Active] || Camp Orr has been in use since 1955 and covers nearly 600 acres of the Buffalo National River Wilderness Area. It is located south of Harrison, Arkansas, and is the only Boy Scout Camp situated within a National Park.<ref>{{cite web|title=Camp Orr|url=http://www.westarkbsa.org/Camping/CampOrr/ |publisher=Westark Area Council|accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref> | ||
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| [[Camp | | [[Caddo Area Council|Camp Pioneer]] || Caddo Area Council || [http://www.camppioneer.org Active] || Located in Hatfield, AR. | ||
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| [[Camp | | [[Caddo Area Council|Camp Preston Hunt]] || Caddo Area Council || [http://www.caddobsa.org/index.php?fuseaction=services.category&Category_ID=39&PHPSESSID=a6c9a1b20b54f5cfdf1a652293a73d6b Active] || Located near Texarkana, AR. | ||
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| [[Camp | | [[Quapaw_Area_Council#Historic_Camps|Camp Quapaw]] || Quapaw Area Council || [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3754 Closed] || Camp Quapaw opened in 1925 and was located on the Saline River west of Benton in Saline County. In 1976 when Camp Kiwanis was purchases, Camp Quapaw was then closed and the land later sold. | ||
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| [[Camp | | [[Westark Area Council|Camp Spencer]] || Westark Area Council || [http://www.westarkbsa.org/Camping/CampOrr/ Active] || A 100-acre primitive camping facility, located on the shore of Lake Norfork, east of Mountain Home, AR. | ||
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| [[ | | [[Quapaw_Area_Council#Gus_Blass_Scout_Reservation|Guss Blass Scout Reservation]] || Quapaw Area Council || [http://www.camprockefeller.org/ Active] || Purchased in 1976, the reservation includes '''Camp Rockefeller''' and the '''Donald W. Reynolds Scout Training Center''', located west of Damascus, Arkansas. The reservation was named the '''Cove Creek Scout Reservation''' and '''Camp Nile Montgomery''' until 2001. | ||
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| [[ | | [[Quapaw_Area_Council#Historic_Camps|Rhodes Scout Reservation]] || Ouachita Area Council || [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3754 Sold] || In 2012, after the merger of Ouachita Area Council in the Quapaw Area Counci, the Rhodes Scout Reservation, a 16,000 + acre camp on Lake DeGray in Bismarck, AR, was sold to the Ouachita Camp Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Ross Foundation. It is still available for use by the Troops of the Quapaw Area Council as a private campsite. | ||
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| [[Westark Area Council|Rogers Scout Reservation]] || Westark Area Council || [http://www.westarkbsa.org/Camping/RogersScoutReservation/ Active] || In 1973 the Arkansas State Legislature, permitting the Westark Area Council to purchase 2,842 acres of the [[Booneville,_Arkansas#State_Tuberculosis_Sanatorium|Booneville Sanatorium]], just south of Booneville, Arkansas, which is now known as the Rogers Scout Reservation.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Westark Area Council History|journal=Wachtschu Mawachpo Lodge|date=January 7, 2012|page=15|url=http://www.westarkbsa.org/files/d/usr/317/2012_Lodge_559_Rules-History_74-85_Aug7-08_Updated_11-20-2010.pdf}}</ref> | |||
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