Great Bend Pictures Circa 1950's through 1980's

The 1958 Great Bend Camp Staff
The 1959 Great Bend Camp Staff
The 1960 Great Bend Camp Staff
The 1961 Great Bend Camp Staff
The 1962 Great Bend Camp Staff

Troop 72 Overlook Hills at Big Springs in 1966
Troop 72 Overlook Hills at Great Bend in 1967

The 1958 Staff Plaque that still hangs in the Great Bend Dining Hall
1958-1962 Staff Reunion near Philadelphia in October 2005
1958-1962 Staff Reunion at Resica Falls in June 2006
1958-1962 Staff working on the new Big Springs Trading Post at their reunion in June 2007

Claude and Derry in a staff tent
Indian Chief Eric in a 1960 OA call out
The Great Bend pool in 1960
Scouts in the pool
Dave and Bruce giving a canoe demonstration in the pool
Chuck Zimmerman's staff tent
View of the dining hall from the lifeguard chair at the pool
The pool office
A scout lifeguard at the pool
Eddie Levin teaching a MB class in 1961
The 1961 lower staff area group
Evening at the pool
Another shot of the pool
Pajama Relay
Staff Wash House
Chuck Zimmerman's home for 5 summers
Chuck Zimmerman on lifeguard duty at the pool
Staff Area

The personal website of Paul Heinemann has many pictures from Great Bend circa 1974 - 1980 (newly updated 5/8/08)

Pictures and audio below used with permission from Jim Bidlack's personal website
***See the above linked webpages for more***

Jim's Pictures
The Resica Falls in Winter 1982
Bridge and Fish Hatchery near falls - Winter 1982
Great Bend Dining Hall - Winter 1982
Great Bend Trading Post & Office - Winter 1982
Great Bend Ecology - Winter 1982
Great Bend Turtle Pit - Winter 1982
Great Bend Handicraft - Winter 1982
Great Bend Campfire Site - Winter 1982
Great Bend Lower Staff Area - Winter 1982
Jim Bidlack's Tent Site in Staff Area - Winter 1982
The Resica Falls at the end of the Summer 1980 Season
Jim Bidlack's contract at $66 per week as Ecology Director in 1980
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Scout Patch in 1973
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Scout Patch in 1974
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Scout Patch in 1975
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Scout Patch in 1976
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Scout Patch in 1977
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Staff Patch in 1978
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Staff Patch in 1979
Resica Falls - Valley Forge Council Staff Patch in 1980

Jim's Audio
Ecology is #1 (Bidlack's Mammals Merit Badge Class) - Summer 1980
Last Retreat at Great Bend (Chris Fritsch / Jim Watson) - Summer 1980
Retreat Bugle song (Jim Bidlack) - Summer 1980
Campfire song (Frank Johnson): Vistay! - Summer 1980
Ecology cheer (Jim Bidlack): - Summer 1980
Campfire song (Chris Fritsch) - Pocohontas (© Neil Young ) - Summer 1980
Last Campfire at Great Bend (Ivan Shibley) - Summer 1980
Taps (Jim Bidlack) - Summer 1980
If I were not a Boy Scout - Summer 1980