BURNSIDE, KENTUCKY

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KENTUCKY- BURNSIDE, KY- 9/08/03

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Just Passing Through... BURNSIDE, KENTUCKY

BURNSIDE
First named Point Isabel. Settled about 1800 by pioneers from the Carolinas and Virginia. During the Civil War the Union army, in 1863, set up a troop rendezvous and supply base here as a prelude to East Tennessee campaign of General Ambrose E Burnside. The area became known as Camp Burnside in official dispatches and the name Burnside was retained after war.

FIRST BOY SCOUT TROOP
Before Boy Scouts of America was organized, 1910, a troop of 15 had been formed here, spring of 1908, by Mrs Myra Greeno Bass. Using the official handbook of English scouting, she guided them hiking and camping, like scouting today. Known as Eagle Troop, Horace Smith was troop leader. Insignia was a red bandanna around neck. Reputed the first American Boy Scout Troop.

CHANDLER ISLAND
This park is dedicated for the rest and recreation of the people of Kentucky. The citizens of Burnside named it in honor of Albert Benjamin Chandler, Governor of the Commonwealth in 1958.