Did you camp at Camp Pellissippi - B.S.A.? Here's some history:

	Boy Scouts held annual summer camps at Camp Pellissippi. Russell W. Hillis was District Director for 17 counties in East Tennessee. Note early uniforms and tents. Ca. 1940-41.
Troop 3, Bob White Patrol, First Christian Church at Camp Pellissippi, circa 1940. In this photo:( left to right ) Jim Tumblin, Jack Wyatt, Joe Morgan, Carl Morris, Tom Pearce

1915 - The Knox County Council 557, B.S.A. founded in Knoxville, Tenn.
1915 - The council's first summer camp held at Camp Helpful, near Elkmont, in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
1919 - Summer camp held at a facility in Powell known as The Scout Ranch.
1921 - The Cumberland Council (unnumbered, Second-Class Council), Lafollette, Tenn. formed.
1923 - The Cumberland Council in Lafollette becomes part of the Upper Cumberland Council of Middlesboro, Kentucky. Camp Sequoyah is located across the then Clinch River from the future Camp Pellissippi at Demory in Campbell County.
1927 - The Cumberland Council 768, Lenoir City, Tenn. formed.
1930 - The Knox County and Cumberland council's consolidate during the Great Depression and form The Knoxville Area Council 557.
1936 - The council leases 290 acres on Norris Lake from the Tennessee Valley Authority. This soon became the council summer camp, named Camp Pellissippi. Pellissippi is the Native American name for the Clinch River; it means winding waters.
1938 - Camp Pellissippi’s first summer camp season, 75 Scouts attending.
1939 - 600 Scouts attend Camp Pellissippi.
1939 - Cabin 5 constructed of logs.
1940 - Arthur B. Wood's Lodge constructed as a dining hall for use during the summer months of camping.
1940 - Troop 14 Lodge constructed as a summer lodge for the members of Troop 14.
1943 - The Knoxville Area Council reorganized as the Great Smoky Mountain Council 557.
1943 - Elmer Hawkins, assistant Scout Executive of the Great Smoky Mountain Council, and that summer acting as camp director at Camp Pellissippi, brought the idea of the Order of the Arrow from the Sequoyah Council in Johnson City where he had previous experience with the Order of the Arrow. The first members of the lodge were called out at the last meal of the camp week. He told the story of Uncas and passed out tokens. The totems were three-inch sections of hollowed bamboo with one and a half piece of paper inside. On the Paper, the letters WWW were inscribed. The first Ordeal was held near what is now called the Loyston Point area adjacent to camp. The arduous toil assigned to the candidates was the building of lean-tos at the outpost camp. This camp was also the location of the first Pellissippi Lodge Ordeal ceremony. Sequoyah Lodge 184 performed that ceremony. The first year that Pellissippi Lodge was in existence, there were no lodge officers. The members chose the name for the lodge, Pellissippi, by naming it after the camp.
1949 - Winter Lodge constructed with stone.
1950 - At the Second Regional Fellowship Conference (conclave), at Camp Pellissippi, it was decided that the region would be divided into areas for further conferences. Pellissippi 230 of Knoxville, Tennessee became a charter member of Area B of Region V, along with Wa-Hi-Nasa 111 of Nashville, Sequoyah 184 of Johnson City, Tennessee, and Kaskanampo 310, Tennessee Valley Council.
1952 - Several Scout leaders including William Perry “Buck” Toms purchase 750 acres on the shores of Watts Bar Lake using proceeds from a Scout Show.
1955 - The first summer camp held at Camp Buck Toms with 155 Scouts and leaders in attendance. The first campers arrived by boat, due to the lack of any road to the campgrounds.
1955 - Summer camp conducted at both Camp Pellissippi and Camp Buck Toms.
1963 - On Sept. 7, Campbell, and Claiborne counties that were part of the now defunct Upper Cumberland Council, are combined with Scott and Anderson counties to become Pellissippi District, Great Smoky Mountain Council.
1976 - Last summer camp at Camp Pellissippi due to fire the following year.
1977 - The Dining Hall at Camp Pellissippi destroyed by fire, rendering the summer camp defunct. Council retains property as a campground for Troops.
1998 - Camp road from Main Gate to Winter Lodge repaired, ditched and graveled.
1999 - Addition to the Winter Lodge.
2001 - Activity Shelter No. 1 completed.
2002 - Activity Shelter No. 2 completed.
2002 - Camp road from Cabin 5 to Troop 14 Lodge repaired, ditched and graveled.
2002 - Trading Post with surrounding deck constructed on the former Dining Hall site.
2002 - Rear deck to Cabin 5 added.
2003 - Campfire Stage completed.
2003 - Four stall shower house completed.
2003 - Winter Lodge kitchen completely remodeled.
2003 - Carter Cabin constructed from logs; includes sleeping loft and handicap ramp.
 

Note: Data and research was provided by GSMC and Craig Brown....Some of the dates/data could possibly be inaccurate. Kindly let me know if they are.