Scouting and Guiding in Arkansas: Difference between revisions

Camp Ouachita was used as a Girl Scout camp from 1937 until 1979 when the cost of providing potable water proved too much for the local council.  It is now a National Historic District as the only surviving  Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed Girl Scout Camp.<ref>{{cite web | last = Crone | first = Camilla  | title = Camp Ouachita National Historic District | work = The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture | publisher = The Central Arkansas Library System |date = 2012-12-07 |url = http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=4204|accessdate = 2013-03-13}}</ref>  It was built in the Ouachita National Forest for the Little Rock Area Girl Scout Council which before had only occasional use of a local Boy Scout camp.

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