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Camp Floyd State Park and Museum, with assistance from the Utah National Parks Council of Boy Scouts, has created a patch for scouts who explore and learn the history of Camp Floyd and Stagecoach Inn and complete a set of requirements.
The patch design depicts three dragoon or cavalry troops riding across Cedar Valley.
Scouts must complete the following requirements:
- Complete the Junior Pony Express Booklet while at the park
- View a 10-minute interpretive video on the Utah War
- Explore Camp Floyd Museum exhibits
- Tour the Stagecoach Inn
- Sign the register book as a family or scout group
Scouts may also participate in programs offered by Camp Floyd State Park, including Johnston's Army Adventure Camp, History Camp for Kids or visit with their school group.
Established in 1858, Camp Floyd housed the largest concentration of U.S. troops then in the United States. These 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. Today, the park museum houses artifacts and exhibits from this historic event.
Camp Floyd State Park is located in the town of Fairfield, 22 miles southwest of Lehi on State Highway 73.
For more information, please call (801) 768-8932.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. - Mark Twain
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