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October 6, 2023 by Doug Webster
It has been a long process, but we are happy to report that the memorial plaque we created to install …
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Category: Camp History, Memorabilia
| Tags: George Walker, Larry Rublee, Malcolm Thornton, plaque, Plaque Installation
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January 2, 2023 by Doug Webster
It was a Canadian cereal, and in the years I attended – mid 50s thru 1960- it was often a …
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Category: Alumni Submissions, Camp History
| Tags: canoetrip breakfasts, oatmeal, Park Huber, Red River
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February 26, 2022 by Doug Webster
We were saddened recently to receive word of the passing of Otter alumni Dennis Fernbach. In the late 50s and …
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Category: Alumni Memoria, Camp History, Photos
| Tags: Dennis Fernbach, Fernbach family, Mary Jo Veling, Memorium, obituary, Reunions
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November 11, 2018 by Doug Webster
It is with a mixture of sadness and an appreciation for a life well lived that we report on the …
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Category: 2000 Reunion, Camp History, Otter People, Photos, Reunions
| Tags: Brownie Bushman, Final Portage, Sue Bushman, Sue Kirsch, Tom Bushman
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October 26, 2018 by Doug Webster
As noted in earlier posts, we have now determined clearly that famed naturalist and illustrator Louis Agassiz Fuertes did spend …
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Category: Camp History, Uncategorized
| Tags: 1919, Dog illustrations, Gilbert Grosvenor, Harry Worcester Smith, Ithaca, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, National Geographic, WW I
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October 26, 2018 by Doug Webster
George Walker sent a note the other day enclosing a 2000 article from the Buffalo News he found when going through some …
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Category: 2000 Reunion, Alumni Submissions, Camp History, Memorabilia
| Tags: 2000 Reunion, Buffalo News, Charles V.P. Young, Clarke, Cornell, Dorset, EB White, Ellicottville, George and Barb Walker, Holiday Valley, James Thurber, Ortner, Otter History, Red Smith, Rogers
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August 16, 2018 by Doug Webster
This post seeks to answer the question: Was famed American naturalist and illustrator Louis Agassiz Fuertes ever at Camp Otter? …
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Category: Camp History, Otter Connections, Photos
| Tags: alumni, artwork, Barbara Webster, Bethany College, Carnegie Museum, Cornell, Edwin Webster, Feiss, Flicker, Fuertes, George Miksch Sutton, Grace Waters Young, Guinea Pig, Ithaca, John Parker Huber, Labrador, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Park Huber, raccoon, red wing blackbird, ruffed grouse, University of Michigan, University of Oklahoma Norman
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August 12, 2017 by Doug Webster
Friday, July 14, 2017 – Indian Falls Restaurant, Corfu, NY Once again, Otter alumni, spouses, friends and children gathered from …
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Category: 2017 Buffalo Area Reunion, Camp History, Memorabilia, Otter People, Photos, Reunions
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July 29, 2017 by Doug Webster
The following home movies were supplied by Bob Hoffarth and were part of a collection of Hoffarth family movies compiled …
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Category: Alumni Submissions, Camp History, Otter People, Videos
| Tags: 1963, 1964, Bob Hoffarth, movies, regatta, video
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August 18, 2016 by Doug Webster
Peter’s recent bout of “closet rummaging” has been turning up a number of fascinating looks into Otter’s past including a …
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Category: Alumni Submissions, Camp History, Memorabilia, Otter People, Otter Related Articles
| Tags: 1965, canoe trip planning, Jane Wardwell Roberts, Peter Dustin, Trip Plan Sheets
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