Hancock Troop 15

08/11/2022

07/27/2022

This is out past where we camped on the greys river road.

160 years ago today, on July 27, 1862, Elizabeth Paul, age 32, dies in childbirth on the Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail. The baby, Elizabeth, dies a week later.

"The Grave of Elizabeth Paul" written by Randy Brown shares her story.

"In the summer of 1862, a large train of 80 wagons was making its way west through mountains in what’s now western Wyoming when serious troubles led to the deaths of two women and their infants within a matter of days.

The grave of one of the mothers, 32-year-old Elizabeth Paul, remains today on the Lander Trail on La Barge Creek in the mountain country of the Salt River Range, Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Elizabeth Mortimore Paul was born in Indiana in 1829, the oldest daughter and second child of Thomas Plymworth Mortimore and Martha (Patsy) Alice Mortimore (née Deshil). Early in the 1830s the Mortimore family moved from Indiana to Wapello County, Iowa, where they eventually became acquainted with the family of Joseph and Mary Paul, Virginians who had moved to Indiana about 1830 and then to Iowa in 1845. Their son Thomas was had been born in Monroe County, Va., now West Virginia, in 1828." Read more: https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/grave-elizabeth-paul

📷Elizabeth Paul, 32, bound from Iowa to Washington Territory, died in childbirth late in July 1862 on the Lander Road in the mountains of what's now western Wyoming. The original grave was surrounded by a picket fence, diarists noted. Randy Brown photo.

07/23/2022

Masks are still required inside Yellowstone National Park buildings.

07/16/2022

Troop 15 is selling raffle tickets for this chainsaw carved bear.Tickets are $1 each. Drawing will be July 23rd. Proceeds will help fund our upcoming trip to yellowstone. Tickets will be available at the cabins in Widmeyer Park this Wednesday from 6:30-8:00.

06/15/2022

This is going to affect our plans.

09/25/2021

Boy Scout Troop 15 will be along main street today raffling off this chain saw carved sculpture. Stop by and take a chance.

08/14/2021

It’s been a nice day so far here in Hancock. We’ve met allot of wonderful people. We had the pleasure of talking to an aquatics instructor from Camp Buffalo Bill in Cody, Wyoming, an Australian diplomat and the Mayor of Hancock. They were all a pleasure to talk to.

08/14/2021

The rain clouds have moved out of the way. We’re still here. Come out and join us near the rail trail and bike shop in Hancock.

08/14/2021

Troop 15 is located at the corner of the C&O Canal Bicycle and the Western (Maryland) Rail Trail. Come on out and learn about Scouting and have a drink and hotdog on us.

07/03/2021

Zion National Park

06/29/2021

Grand Canyon