2011 Summer Camp - Fire Mountain

The scouts arrived at summer camp and proceeded to check-in, unload gear, complete their swim tests and receive a tour of the camp before dinner.    During the week they completed the requirements for the Baden Powell Honor Troop award.    They competed in the Lake Challenge challenge and a skills foot race, and took part in the Polar Bear swim.
I was researching a little about the Fire Mountain scout camp and came across a reference to a cousin of mine that lives here in Everett.    Below is the entire caption;

How did Fire Mountain get its' name?

The Native American word "cultus" means "bad, useless, of little value." The Natives considered the mountain a bad useless place because of the eeriness of the Devil's Garden area and the long history of natural fires. These fires, started by lightning, smoldered on the mountain from time to time, occasionally breaking into major blazes to be seen for miles. The last major fire was in 1955. The fire wiped out the entire logging operation on the mountain. The scar of this fire can still be seen today. 

In 1971 when the council obtained the property at the foot of the mountain a contest was held to find a suitable name for the new camp. Bob Overstreet was a Scouter in 1971, but in 1955 he was a fire fighter on Mount Cultus. He knew the history of the mountain and the Native American meaning of cultus. Putting these two together he suggested Fire Mountain.