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September 24th, 2009 Posted 11:17 am
1967 Conquistador Council staff at Wehinhahpay
Front row- L-R Doyle Boyd, Jack Stoltz, Bill Tarter
Back row- L-R George Miller, Bill Law, George Budd
1925– Minor Huffman, first Scout executive, with unknown Boy Scout, in the old Wehinahpay lodge.
Minor Huffman organized the Southeast New Mexico Council, and started Camp Wehinahpay, first camping at Pine Lodge, then in the Ruidoso area, and finally locating and purchasing the Calkins Ranch and adjoining property to create today’s Wehinahpay Mountain Camp.
“We-hi-nah-pay” means “The place where the morning sun gathers.”
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