Cub Scout Camp Floyd Adventure

  Fairfield – Cub Scout Camp Floyd Adventure program is designed for Cub Scout Bears and offers an authentic and unique hands-on adventure! Cub Scouts travel back in time to 1861 and enter the world of a soldier with Johnston’s Army at Camp Floyd in the Utah Territory.  Participants are taught to march and drill, play period games, tour historic buildings, more.    The camp curriculum is based on the history of Johnston’s Army at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, and is designed to complete the requirements for Achievement #8, The Past Is Exciting and Important. Each camp is limited to 30 scouts and leaders.  Program fees are $5 per boy / adult, which includes all camp material.  The program is scheduled for March 6, 2013 and April 3, 2013, beginning at 4:30 p.m. and concludes at 6:30 p.m.  Advanced registration is required and can be made online at the following links beginning February 4, 2013.   March 6, 2013  (http://stateparks.utah.gov/node/3088) April 3, 2013  (http://stateparks.utah.gov/node/3089 )   Established in 1858, Camp Floyd housed the largest concentration of U.S. troops then in the United State.  The troops were sent to Utah to suppress a rumored Mormon rebellion, which never took place.  The army was recalled back east in 1861 for the Civil War emergency.     Camp Floyd State Park is located in the town of Fairfield, 22 miles southwest of Lehi on State Highway 73.  For more information please contact the park at:  801-768-8932.