San Francisco Council - Camp Royaneh Timeline

Timeline	Description
1925, 04/15	Watson Ranch in Cazadero is purchased by the SFC for use as a summer camp. Charles Watson will remain at the ranch as the caretaker.
1925, 05/01	George Hart from SF Troop 54 wins competion for submitting the name of Royaneh for the new camp.
1925, 06/24	Camp Royaneh opens as the new summer training camp for the SFC
1927	First Pigeongram sent from Royaneh to Council Headquarters in San Francisco
1928	Charles Watson, son of Sarah Watson (original owner of land) and first caretaker of camp property dies
1934	Clarks Grove is dedicated at Camp Royaneh
1937	Raymond O Hansen Retires from SF Council
1938, 04/13	Camp Royaneh is renamed in honor of the second San Francisco Council President (Charles C Moore). Camp CC Moore is name is used until 1951.
1939	East Austin Creek is dammed for the first time to create a new swimming hole (affectionately known as Roman’s Plunge)
1939	Bar H Ranch opens at Camp Royaneh. This is the first time horsemanship is offered at Royaneh.
1940, 04/20	Knights of Dunamis Grove is dedicated at Camp Royaneh in honor of its founder, San Francisco Scout Exec Raymond O. Hanson.
1944, 07/01	Chief Raymond O Hanson, first Scout Exec of the San Francisco Council and founder of the Knights of Dunamis, dies in Los Angeles after a long illness
1948	Nick Schneider becomes Caretaker/Ranger at Royaneh.
1951	The name of the Camp changes from Camp CC Moore back to Camp Royaneh.
1951, 03/01	Work begins on construction of new entrance to camp from the Cazadero Hwy to be known as Scanlon Road. The new 16’ roadbed will also bypass the original road that ran adjacent to the creek next to Romans Plunge.
1951, 10/01	Swimming pool is built for approximately $30,000 and dedicated to Lucie Stern. Walter Hass anonamously provided the funding for the new pool. Before the pool was built, swimming took place down at the creek when a seasonal dam was put in place
1953	Jim Wilkins becomes ranger at Camp Royaneh (1953 - 1976)
1953	Admin Building at Royaneh is dedicated to Raymond O Hanson
1953	Maintenance and Storage shed built next to Rangers Cabin on bluff
1954	60 foot well is sunk next to East Austin creek to provide pure water for the camp courtesy of Walter Haas. Previously the water for the camp was drawn directly from the creek.
1954	Former parade grounds graded for use as Parking Lot and new Rangers Cabin
1954, 06/10	Rangers Cabin is constructed next to parking area courtesy of Walter Haas
1954, 09/03	57 acres of additional land is purchased at Royaneh courtesy of Walter Haas
1958	Thunderbird becomes the new Royaneh mascot and logo replacing the Indian Chief
1958, 11/24	Canoe base recreation hall is constructed (60’ x 40’) courtesy of Walter Haas. It includes a kitchen, laundry area, fireplace, toilets and showers,
1960	Family camp recreation building dedicated at Royaneh. This was used for families of scoutmasters with troops in camp.
1961	Barn and Corral are dedicated. Prior to the Corral the area was formerly used as the Archery range for the camp.
1963, 10/11	Sherwood J Hall of Las Vegas donates 16 acres of land near Russian Gulch to the San Francisco Council
1964, 06/24	Russian Gulch outpost camp is used for the first time. The 16 acre property was donated to the council earlier in the year.
1969, 05/07	Additional 127 acres is purchased at Camp Royaneh known as the Schneider property. The land is adjacent to the camp property along East Austin creek
1976, 03/30	New sewage treatment facility installed on lower portion of property
1978	500 Gallon underground gas tank installed near rangers house for use in fueling camp vehicles
1978	Camp Royaneh, 12,000 acre fire burns Russian Gulch outpost site and close to camp
1978, 03/09	Old cabin across from amphitheater is burnt down due to being “unfit” for human occupancy
1982	Redwood tree from the Clark’s Grove falls during a storm and crushes the main support beam of the original 1920’s dinning hall forcing the dinning hall to be demolished.
1982	Quonset hut at Royaneh is used as the temporary dinning hall until the new one is completed
1984	New Royaneh dinning hall is completed in time for summer operations.
1985, 07/24	Dedication ceremonies held for new dinning hall
1986	Old Storage Shed removed at parking log, 500 gallon underground gas tank removed due to non use
1988	Bill Heinze becomes ranger at Royaneh (1988-2000)
1988	Original Rangers cabin built in 1954 is torn down
1988, 10/12	New 1600 sq ft Ranger cabin installed, “Baywood II”
1989, 08/10	Damming of Austin Creek is prohibited due to endangered shrimp which forced the closure of the Canoe base operations.
1992	New pool house is constructed to replace original wooden pool house built in 1951
2000	Scott Griswold becomes ranger at Camp Royaneh (2000 - Present)
2007	Pool and Pool decking are redone at Royaneh
2008	New septic and water systems installed at Royaneh.
2010	New Rangers Cabin is built to replace Baywood trailer that had been used
2011	New Stage is built at Royaneh to replace the old stage. The new one is twice the size of the old stage.