Onteora Scout Reservation
Photo Album
Part 1

In 1969, the Long House kitchen staff prepared an enemies list, well before Nixon popularized the concept. Anyone who crossed them was likely to end up on the dreaded "Hobart List", with the threat of being run through the Hobart dishwasher. Well, somehow I ended up on the list, so I felt the list needed a vacation at the Teddy Roosevelt shelter. Take a look and see how many of the names you remember.

The same year Onteora was victimized by the unknown Spiderman, who had a penchant for making large webs out of binder twine. These things would pop up anywhere - across roads, trails and in tents. I never did find out who Spiderman was, but did receive an e-mail from someone who followed in his footsteps: 

As for question about Spiderman, that was me later on, although I wasn't the one in 1969.

In 1972 Bill Kampfer, Doug Brodmerkle and I were part of a stunt where spray painted Day-Glo orange troll footprint trails on the floors of loading docks and program shelters, particularly in the rival Chief's Camp. I think it was either 1972 or 1973 when we revived giant binders twine spider webs that covered entire program shelters. BTW, the secret was to prepare them staked out on the ground in advance and pack them in a garbage bag like a parachute. This allowed them to placed quickly anywhere in the middle of the night.

Other stunts where loading Walt Bailey's VW on the loading dock of the Council House dining hall by first stealing it and driving it onto the commissary loading dock (which had a ramp at one end and a garage door in the middle) and transporting on the back of the stake truck up to the dining hall loading dock (which had neither ramp) and leaving it there with no discernable way to get it off.

Then of course where the ambushes of the heater stack wagons with Indian pumpers and "dum-dum" arrows (blunt rubber tipped things for action archery.)

Thanks again for the memories.

Gary Wilson

I have to admit that I participated in a few of those heater stack attacks. Just maybe that's why I ended up on the Hobart list!

Part 2 If you were "lucky" enough to have been at Onteora in 1969 you might recall it as the year of the Great Flood. Click here for a look back at that soggy summer.	Part 3 Jean-Pierre Moreau sent some pictures of Alder Lake, the fish hatchery and Frick Pond. Click here for a look.
Part 4 Gary Wilson sent a great series of photos that deserved their own page. Click here to see them.	Part 5 Ken Myler sent in some photos from 1974. Click here from some Parent's Day fun!
Part 6 Thanks to Victor Varonier for these shots from the 2001 Family Camping Weekend.	Part 7 Thanks to Peter Visconti for these photos from 1986-1990.
Part 8 The 2001 Summer Camping season, courtesy of Brian Issing.	Part 9 Ralph Foster supplied these outstanding photos from Parent's Day in 1964.
Part 10 Here are the first photos from the Reunion Weekend held on Sept. 28-30, 2001.	Part 11 Miscellaneous photos from various years.
Part 12 Mike Brenner supplied these photos from 1966-1969.	Part 13 Reunion Weekend 2001 photos from Carlos Kebe.
Part 14 Vintage photos from Greg Furness.	Part 15 Vintage photos from Tom Dede.
Part 16 Reunion Weekend 2001 photos from Tom Dede.	Part 17 John Marshall's Reunion Weekend 2001 photos.
Part 18 Walt Bailey's Reunion Weekend 2001 photos.	Part 19 Jim Sannerud's Reunion Weekend 2001 photos.
Part 20 Greg Hughes' Reunion Weekend 2001 photos.	Part 21 Camp Wauwepex in September, 2001.
Part 22 Photographs of Reunion Weekend 2001 by Gabe Gluck.	Part 23 Photographs of Onteora and Alder Lake in 1988.
Part 24 Vintage photos of Camp Wauwepex from Greg Furness.	Part 25 Beaver Day 2002 from Rick Balla.
Part 26 Reunion Weekend 2001 from Dave Blaushild.	Part 27 Alder Lake 1966 from Jim Davenport.
Part 28 Building the C.O.P.E. course in 2002 from Gregg Sablic.	Part 29 Alumni Weekend 2002.
Part 30 Ed Paprocki's photos from Alumni Weekend 2002.	Part 31 Long House Kitchen construction 2002
Part 32 Troop 179 at Summer Camp in 1971	Part 33 Miscellaneous photos from Troop 179
Part 34 Summer Camp - 1978	Part 35 Platform Fest 2003
Part 36 Powder Horn Training 2003	Part 37 Summer Camp 2003 - photos by Steven Schuster
Part 38 Alumni Weekend 2003 - photos by Brad Shields	Part 39 Alumni Day 2003 and COPE dedication - photos by Ed Paprocki
Part 40 Alumni Weekend 2002 - photos by Mike McInnis	Part 41 Camp Wauwepex December 2002 - photos by Mark Pollitt
Part 42 Onteora 1984 - photos from Paul Lagas	Part 43 Council House restoration - photos by Steve Schull
Part 44 Alumni Day 2003 - photos by Karl Kruer	Part 45 Alumni Reunion 2004 - also known as "The Flood of 2004 - photos by Steve Schull
Part 46 Alumni Day 2004 - photos by Vic Varonier	Part 47 Flood of 2006 - photos by Mike Scott

Please let me know if you have any photos to share. Otherwise, you can head back then to the main Onteora page.