Philmont Books and Resources
Last update 8-27-03
These publications may be
useful in learning more about Philmont, its history and natural splendor
etc.
Philmont - Where Spirits Soar - BSA (1989) - hardbound lush photo book
Philmont - A History of New Mexico's Cimarron County - Lawrence
R. Murphy (1972)
When The Sun Goes Down - A Collection of Philmont Ghost Stories
- Lori and Jared Chatterley (2000) - TOTT
2001 Philmont Guidebook To Adventure - Philmont - given to each hiker 2001
2002 Philmont Guidebook
To Adventure - Philmont - given to each hiker 2002
2003 Philmont Guidebook To Adventure - Philmont - given to each
hiker 2003
Philmont Millennium 1 - Elliott, McAdams, Williams (2000) - memoriabilia
of Philmont
Head For the High Country - David L. Caffey (1973) - how Philmont
changes lives
Philmont Fieldguide - BSA - Mary Steuver and Daniel Shaw (1985)
- natural features of Philmont - BSA 81-6051
High Adventure Among the Magic Mountains - Minor S. Huffman (1988)
- BSA 18696 - Philmont the First 50 years
Tooth of Time Traders - Philmont Scout Ranch Trading Post - Summer
2001 - 1st color Catalog
Tooth of Time Traders - Philmont Scout Ranch Trading Post - Winter
2002/2003 - 2nd color Catalog
High Country - Newsletter of the Philmont Staff Association
Epigrams - Waite Phillips (1964) - Elliot W. Phillips - sayings
of Waite Phillips (BSA reprint 1996)
Lucien Maxwell - Villian or Visionary - Harriet Freiberger
(1999)
High Country - The Newsletter of the Philmont Staff Association
(PSA)
Santa Fe Trail - National Historic Trail - Mark L. Gardner (1993)
- Historic Trail Brochure
Philmont Philsongs "Sing-along" Songbook (2003) - search online
to download
Philmont Interactive Ranger - mapping software using BLM maps
- by Maptrails - TOTT - 2001 updated annually
Philmanac - A Trekkers's Guide to the Philmont Backcountry - Rock
Rohrbacker (1999) - TOTT - each campsite
Philmont - A Brief History of the New Mexico Scout Ranch - Stephen
Zimmer and Larry Walker (2000)
Treks 2002 - Philmont Itinerary Guide - published annually by
Philmont - each Crew gets one in January
Treks 2003 - Philmont Itinerary Guide - published
annually by Philmont - each Crew gets one in January
Philnews - newsletter published weekly for Philmont Staff - available
at Philmont News & Photo Service
Vision, Grace and Generosity - The Story of Waite and Genevieve Phillips
and the Philmont Ranch - Stephen Zimmer and
Nancy Klein (2002) BSA - Nancy is curator
of the Villa Philmonte
New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs - National Association of
United Methodist Scouters (NAUMS)
- given to attendees
at Philmont GHQ Protestant Chapel
Eagles Soaring High - BSA 5-877 (2002) - trail worship resource
Out In God's Country: A History of Colfax County, New Mexico -
Larry Murphy (????)
For Good or Bad: People of the Cimarron Country - Stephen Zimmer
(1999)
Beyond the Hills Michael Wallis (1995) - Biography of Waite Phillips
The Last Flight of Liberator 41-1133 - William F. Cass -
story of plane crash on Trail Peak, Philmont
Videos
The Right Stuff (12:30) Philmont Preparation Video BSA 81-6062
c. 2001
The Magic of Philmont (5:00) BSA c. 1999
Philmont Pre-Trek Training (40:00) c. 1990
History of the St. James Hotel - purchase at Hotel in Cimmarron
c. 2000
Philmont 2004 Promotion Video (4:30) - 2002 Trek Crew 5 - Scott
Goldstein