I do have a solid thesis statement, and so far it reads: [Robert A. Josey's] gift the Robert A. Josey Boy Scout Lodge, gave the Boy Scouts of Walker County and surrounding areas, a place to hold their meetings and practice camping, cooking, construciton and other scouting skills. To this day, 75 years later, the Josey Lodge remains a Huntsville landmark, continuing to serve as a cherished meeting house for the Boy Scouts of Walker County.
The biggest research question I had was what New Deal Program contributed to the construction and finance of the building. I had a number of mixed stories when it came to this, and I couldn't seem to find any documentation. So I went to the Thomason Room and asked them. They didn't seem to now either, but they led me to the archives, and from there I was given access to a book filled with Huntsville Item papers from 1933 and 1934. From there I learned that it was the CWA, an early and short lived New Deal organization, not the CCC or the WPA.
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