South Georgia Council Scouts host Frontier Days
From staff reports
SYLVESTER — Camp Chase S. Osborn in Worth County and the South Georgia Council, Boy Scouts of America, hosted the recent 36th annual Frontier Heritage Days, which had been a mainstay event at Chehaw Park & Zoo until this year.
The three-day event included demonstrations in blacksmithing, spinning, hide-tanning, weaving, bow-making, cooking and other pioneer skills.
Vendors made and sold pioneer items such as hats, knives and clothing. Competitions were held in black powder shooting and tomahawk throwing.
South Georgia Council serves thousands of girls and boys through scouting in 28 South Georgia counties, including Atkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Mitchell, Miller, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Tift, Turner, Wilcox and Worth.
For more information on Scouting in south Georgia, go to https://www.sgcbsa.org/
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