The first Boy Scout troop in America was organized by Rev. John Mitchell in May 1909 with Rev. Mitchell, W. B. Johnson, J. L. Johnson, J. C. Ferguson, J. Hutchings, D. F. Millard, L. Copeland, R. A. McGuire, J. S. McGuire, R. E. McGuire, R. D. Foote, R. W. Blanc, N. A. Tinker, J. C. Coffey, T. B. Leahy, T. R. Leahy, W. T. Leahy, C. Wilson, L. Hinkle, and C. Curtis.