A Boy Scouts Council Is Considering Selling Land to Fund an $850 Million Settlement
A decision to sell a Boy Scouts camp southeast of Joplin could be made by the camp’s governing body later this week.
The governing board of the Ozark Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America will meet Thursday to discuss selling the Frank Childress Scout Reservation to an interested party.
Set on 180 acres at Interstate 49 and Route V, between Joplin and Diamond, the camp features a year-round multipurpose building, swimming pool, dining hall, stocked trout pond, hiking and biking trails, and themed features such as a pirate ship, Old West fort and an old mine.
The camp is not on the market for sale, said John Feick, Scout executive for the Ozark Trails Council. But because each local council will be expected to pay a share of a large settlement for victims who were molested by scoutmasters or other leaders decades ago, the council will consider an offer it has received.
