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The term "urban legend" implies that "it isn't true." And that is misleading. Simply because there is no "regulation" regarding wearing the bull with the tail over the shoulder to indicate the wearer has scaled the Tooth of Time does not mean that this "tradition" does not exist, or is not observed by a lot of units and Philmont Scouts and Scouters. Its very similar to the tradition in sailing that you don't buy or display blue or green fenders for your sailboat unless you've done some blue water sailing. Otherwise, you stick with white fenders. There is nothing to stop an inexperienced s

Thanks to Eamonn and epalmer84. You both seem to have some of the information that I was looking for regarding the early appearance of the red wool jac-shirt. I have now found this account in Minor Huffman's book, "High Adventure Among the Magic Mountains: Philmont The First 50 Years." It appears on pages 65 & 66. It says that Fretwell discussed the idea with Huffman in 1944. Then later Fretwell sent Huffman "a red shirt" and asked him to explore the possibility of an emblem for it. Later Fretwell called and asked Huffman to trace the bull in the tile at "automobile entrance" on the north

Does anyone know exactly when the red wool Philmont coat came into use? Or when they first appeared in either photographs or in the B.S.A. catalogs? I have an old red wool heavy shirt with a black felt Philmont bull on it that belonged to my wife's paternal grandfather. He was James P. Fitch, the first Region Nine (TX, OK, & NM) Scout Executive, and the man who "courted" Waite Phillips during the decade or so leading up to his final donation of Philmont Scout Ranch to Region Nine. Jim Fitch went from being the Region Nine Scout Executive to the position of "General Manager of Phillips

The original version of this grace before meals was written in 1930 by Jerry Fulkerson, long before Philmont Scout Ranch existed. It was written for Worth Ranch Scout camp in the Fort Worth Area Council in Texas. It was used at Worth Ranch Scout camp during the 1930's and was eventually taken to Philmont by Clarence Dunn in the early 1940's. He was a Fort Worth area Scouter and school teacher who was the first Director of Rangers at Philmont. When Philmont began in the early 1940's it was decided that Philmont needed a simple grace to say before meals. Clarence Dunn offered the Worth Ranch Gra