Camp Sol Mayer has a rich and colorful history.  The 315 acre camp on the San Saba River was given to the Concho Valley Council, BSA by Mr. and Mrs. Sol Mayer in the spring of 1945.  Later, an additional 8,000 acres were placed in a trust to insure the maintenance and care of the camp forever.  The camp was dedicated on September 19, 1950.  The camp is located about 20 miles west of Menard, Texas and just 3 miles east of Fort McKavett Historical Site.  It was formerly known as the Brown or Opp Ranch.

The deed stated “As part of the consideration hereinafter described lands shall never be sold, mortgaged nor hypothedated and shall never be leased for oil, gas or other minerals.  This land shall be used as a camp for Boy Scouts of America and for no other purpose; but such camp can be used by the Girl Scouts on occasion and at intervals, with the consent of the officers and director of the Concho Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America.”  The deed was dated August 18, 1945.

During a meeting of the Council Executive Board, October 6, 1945, Sol Mayer reminisced that the site of the camp was his old stomping ground when he was ten years of age, he remembered catching a 62 pound fish in the San Saba River near the site and had a hard time getting it into Menard.