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Des Plaines Valley Council is a former Boy Scouts of America local council that was headquartered in La Grange, Illinois, United States. In 2014 the council merged with Calumet Council , Chicago Area Council and Northwest Suburban Council to form Pathway to Adventure Council .
The Okaw Valley Council was somewhat older at the time of the merger; it was formed in 1965 following the consolidation of the Kaskaskia Council and the Mississippi Valley Council. In April 2014, the following councils announced that they would merge: Calumet Council; Chicago Area Council; Des Plaines Valley Council; Northwest Suburban Council
Des Moines Area Council: Des Moines: Iowa: 1927: 1932: Merged with Tri-Valley 778, Tall Corn Area 169 and Central Iowa 658: Tall Corn Area 177 177: Des Moines Council: Des Moines: Iowa: 1914: 1926: Polk and Jasper Counties 177 147: Des Plaines Valley Council: La Grange: Illinois: 1993: 2014: Merged with Calumet Council, Chicago Area Council ...
In 2014, the Chicago Area Council, Des Plaines Valley Council, Northwest Suburban Council, and Calumet Council announced they would be merging to increase efficiency and to remain sustainable as an organization. [2] The merger occurred on January 1, 2015.
Chicago Area Council, Northwest Suburban Council, Des Plaines Valley Council and Calumet Council merged to Pathway to Adventure Council (2014) Bucks County Council (Boy Scouts of America) renamed to Washington Crossing Council (2015)
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Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Ojibwe Native American tribes inhabited the Des Plaines River Valley prior to Europeans' arrival.When French explorers and missionaries arrived in the 1600s in what was then the Illinois Country of New France, they named the waterway La Rivière des Plaines (English translation: "Plains River") as they felt that trees on the river resembled European plane trees.
Opened in 1975, Valley West was once Des Moines' premier mall. But it's since been eclipsed by Jordan Creek Town Center , also in West Des Moines, which opened 5 miles away in 2004.