I took my Boy Scout Troop to the Wizard Safari there sometime around 1991. It was the Trek Cart Adventure and each Troop had to build a 2 Wheeled Cart to use in activities. I also have a plaque from the Ranch of Doom in 1999.
The Boy Scouts still occasionally use the property, and the Lancaster Conservancy is working on turning it into a public preserve. They have volunteer days to help remove invasives and clear trails. The gate will be moved below the parking lot in the next few months and opened to the public. Hellam Hills and Susquehanna Riverlands State Park are also fantastic areas to check out adjacent to the property. You should do a video on the Hermit of Hellam Hills. He was a fascinating person. Also, the Susquehanna Riverlands State Park borders the Codorus Furnace, and I think the Lancaster Conservancy might own the Iron Master's House. They appear as the owner on the York County Tax Map. Maybe they will restore the property.
Yeah the Boy Scouts are coming back for a safari next year I think. And the Conservancy is doing some great work. Travis Lyle of the Conservancy has some nice trails planned. I actually have the Hermit on my list but there is so much history down there, I have a few in front of that one. The revolutionary General's lost house, the farmer that was shot by the British soldiers that escaped from Camp Security in Springetts, steam boat Codorus, etc. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
That's what I heard too! The Conservancy is working on their management plan for converting the fields into native grasses, and they want to do that after the safari. I was volunteering with them today and got a card from Travis. Also, will do that! You could do a video on Highpoint Scenic Vista & Recreation Area. Interesting story about development and preservation. I grew up in Mount Wolf and recently moved to Altoona to work on a Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps Crew!
@Caleb Nauman pretty cool man. I'm from Altoona originally. Check out my Altoona videos on here when you get a chance. Also public broadcasting in Altoona just started scheduling my videos on cable up there. Channel 13 and 14 I believe.
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Thank you, I never knew this. I to was a cub scout, Webelo and a boy scout. I never got past 2nd. class. Keep up the video's, I always learn something new.
Wow, can’t believe this is abandoned. I’m from right across the river and camped here many times with my troop! We cooked and ate in the cabin you saw and camped right outside in tents!
Sounds like even though they sold it to the Lancaster Conservancy, there was an agreement to still use it every 4 years. They just had a Haines Safari last month. So that's good.
Yeah no more ice cream at the shoe house. But I definitely need to stay there for a night. I also recently located the location of his old horse race track so maybe another Haines video.
@@runningintohistory I'm glad that I was able to do a video for my channel a few months back but sadly I was still cold at the time so I had hot chocolate and a cookie instead look forward to seeing you next video about Mallon
As a former Boy Scout that went to Wizard Safari for years, it’s saddens me to see membership drop and the lost of the land. Our culture values have changed
YOUR CULTURE VALUES WHEN LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WERE R*PED EVERY DAMN YEAR FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE AND CHILD PREDATORS WERE REPORTED THEN HIDDEN & PROTECTED EVERY OTHER DAY ON AVERAGE EVERY YEAR FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE... YOUR CULTURE VALUES CAN GO TO HELL! RIGHT god DAMN NOW YOUR god DAMN CHILD R*PING SCOUT BUDDIES ARE HIDDEN & PROTECTED BY YOUR CHILD R*PING CULT AS THEY TRY TO SILENCE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS WITH STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, NDAs, & the fear of god & hell to rape children & not report for decades if ever! There are 82,209 @boyscouts Child Sex Abuse Survivors that are Claimants in @boyscouts bankruptcy. BSA will pay less than 10% of the $2.46 Billion settlement (the rest will be paid by insurance & Councils) and pay more to their attorneys than Survivors! SurvivingScouting DOT org
I'm not to far from Wizard Ranch. I wasn't aware the Boy Scouts didn't use it anymore. I was in Hellam Troop 49. George Gayman was my scout master. I camped there a few times. My Dad demonstrated his civil war canon there for diffrent ceremonies in the late 80's. I think 1987 was the Great Wizard Safari.
@runningintohistory Yeah I was so glad to see that at the end of your video knowing some housing development won't be put there and ruin that land. I have photos from the Great Wizard safari. Earlier during the Summer of 87' I was hoping with my troop out in New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch.
5:50 Well what do you expect in the day and age of debauchery, look outside turn on the tv watch a movie its all shoved down your throat with such consistency you barely notice it now. It is sad to see so many camps no longer in operation and kids never going outside .
I took my Boy Scout Troop to the Wizard Safari there sometime around 1991. It was the Trek Cart Adventure and each Troop had to build a 2 Wheeled Cart to use in activities.
I also have a plaque from the Ranch of Doom in 1999.
Pretty cool Paul!
That's cool. I was out of Boy Scouts a few years by 1991
I pushed one of those carts!
@@Redferdman1
What Troop were you with?
The Boy Scouts still occasionally use the property, and the Lancaster Conservancy is working on turning it into a public preserve. They have volunteer days to help remove invasives and clear trails. The gate will be moved below the parking lot in the next few months and opened to the public. Hellam Hills and Susquehanna Riverlands State Park are also fantastic areas to check out adjacent to the property. You should do a video on the Hermit of Hellam Hills. He was a fascinating person. Also, the Susquehanna Riverlands State Park borders the Codorus Furnace, and I think the Lancaster Conservancy might own the Iron Master's House. They appear as the owner on the York County Tax Map. Maybe they will restore the property.
Yeah the Boy Scouts are coming back for a safari next year I think. And the Conservancy is doing some great work. Travis Lyle of the Conservancy has some nice trails planned. I actually have the Hermit on my list but there is so much history down there, I have a few in front of that one. The revolutionary General's lost house, the farmer that was shot by the British soldiers that escaped from Camp Security in Springetts, steam boat Codorus, etc. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
That's what I heard too! The Conservancy is working on their management plan for converting the fields into native grasses, and they want to do that after the safari. I was volunteering with them today and got a card from Travis. Also, will do that! You could do a video on Highpoint Scenic Vista & Recreation Area. Interesting story about development and preservation. I grew up in Mount Wolf and recently moved to Altoona to work on a Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps Crew!
@Caleb Nauman pretty cool man. I'm from Altoona originally. Check out my Altoona videos on here when you get a chance. Also public broadcasting in Altoona just started scheduling my videos on cable up there. Channel 13 and 14 I believe.
Will do and that's fantastic! Maybe we will run into each other sometime.
Great stuff!! I like your style of storytelling.
Thank you William!
HIS STYLE OF CALLING CULTURE VALUES BEING WHEN LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WERE R*PED EVERY DAMN YEAR FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE AND CHILD PREDATORS WERE REPORTED THEN HIDDEN & PROTECTED EVERY OTHER DAY ON AVERAGE EVERY YEAR FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE...
RIGHT god DAMN NOW YOUR god DAMN CHILD R*PING SCOUT BUDDIES ARE HIDDEN & PROTECTED BY YOUR CHILD R*PING CULT AS THEY TRY TO SILENCE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS WITH STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, NDAs, & the fear of god & hell to rape children & not report for decades if ever! There are 82,209 @boyscouts Child Sex Abuse Survivors that are Claimants in @boyscouts bankruptcy. BSA will pay less than 10% of the $2.46 Billion settlement (the rest will be paid by insurance & Councils) and pay more to their attorneys than Survivors! SurvivingScouting DOT org
Thank you, I never knew this. I to was a cub scout, Webelo and a boy scout. I never got past 2nd. class. Keep up the video's, I always learn something new.
Oh pretty cool Brad. Had no idea.
Girl Scouts must be declining too. I’m seeing so many advertisements up for Girl Scouts.
Good question. I will have to check that. It that's the case it disproves one of the commenters theories below as the sole cause for decline.
Be careful in the area. Quite a number of poachers make use of the property.
The last safari we attended when our son was in scouts, we came across Lord Baden Powel III and together we walked and talked for around 10-minutes.
Wow! Had no idea the great grandson stayed involved with the scouts. I just looked him up. So he visited the Haines Safari?
How did you find this? I never heard of it and the structures are still there. That's so cool. Pawpaws! Lol! Your comment was funny.
Kind of sad
I'm headed to the Wizard Safari Tomorrow to see what they have done to bring it back to life in the last year!
Pretty cool. I saw the signs showing it was being held again. It would be interesting to see what they are doing this year.
Wow, can’t believe this is abandoned. I’m from right across the river and camped here many times with my troop! We cooked and ate in the cabin you saw and camped right outside in tents!
Sounds like even though they sold it to the Lancaster Conservancy, there was an agreement to still use it every 4 years. They just had a Haines Safari last month. So that's good.
Man, I had a ton of fun at the ranch in the 90's. Got to shoot my first gun there. Some ancient rifle.
Good video
Thank you Naomi!
Awesome to find out that Mallon Haines started this place You know the Haines House is now an Air BNB and is no longer open to the public
Yeah no more ice cream at the shoe house. But I definitely need to stay there for a night. I also recently located the location of his old horse race track so maybe another Haines video.
@@runningintohistory I'm glad that I was able to do a video for my channel a few months back but sadly I was still cold at the time so I had hot chocolate and a cookie instead look forward to seeing you next video about Mallon
@@SimplyExploVenturing oh I think I missed your video. I will check it out.
As a former Boy Scout that went to Wizard Safari for years, it’s saddens me to see membership drop and the lost of the land. Our culture values have changed
YOUR CULTURE VALUES WHEN LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WERE R*PED EVERY DAMN YEAR FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE AND CHILD PREDATORS WERE REPORTED THEN HIDDEN & PROTECTED EVERY OTHER DAY ON AVERAGE EVERY YEAR FOR DECADE AFTER DECADE... YOUR CULTURE VALUES CAN GO TO HELL!
RIGHT god DAMN NOW YOUR god DAMN CHILD R*PING SCOUT BUDDIES ARE HIDDEN & PROTECTED BY YOUR CHILD R*PING CULT AS THEY TRY TO SILENCE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS WITH STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, NDAs, & the fear of god & hell to rape children & not report for decades if ever! There are 82,209 @boyscouts Child Sex Abuse Survivors that are Claimants in @boyscouts bankruptcy. BSA will pay less than 10% of the $2.46 Billion settlement (the rest will be paid by insurance & Councils) and pay more to their attorneys than Survivors! SurvivingScouting DOT org
I'm not to far from Wizard Ranch. I wasn't aware the Boy Scouts didn't use it anymore. I was in Hellam Troop 49. George Gayman was my scout master. I camped there a few times. My Dad demonstrated his civil war canon there for diffrent ceremonies in the late 80's. I think 1987 was the Great Wizard Safari.
Pretty cool you were actually a scout there! The Lancaster Conservancy also took over ownership of this land.
@runningintohistory Yeah I was so glad to see that at the end of your video knowing some housing development won't be put there and ruin that land. I have photos from the Great Wizard safari. Earlier during the Summer of 87' I was hoping with my troop out in New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch.
They still use it and hold a big event there every 4 years. The next one is this Sept.
5:50 Well what do you expect in the day and age of debauchery, look outside turn on the tv watch a movie its all shoved down your throat with such consistency you barely notice it now. It is sad to see so many camps no longer in operation and kids never going outside .