Category: Camp Ottari
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History Displays Added to Camp Powhatan for 2025
By Stephen Warren One of the biggest opportunities for the Blue Ridge Scouting History Project this year has happened at Camp Powhatan. Following a successful Winter Camp, in which a pop-up museum was displayed in the lounge for purposes of merit badge instruction, the suggestion was made by leadership to put some history displays on…
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1973 Camp Ottari Staff Photo
Front Row: Russ McDaniel, G.H. Simmerman, Warren Utt, Kelley Moore, Mac Bowles, Paul Diming Second Row: David Martindale, David Milligan, Steve Weisbrod, Dave Johnson, Mike Luken, Steve Bale, Alex Echols Back Row: Brent Lambert, Donnie Davis, Dave Woody, Dwight Willet, Mike Swiney, John Munton, Steve Shedd, Jack Vincent, John Hankins, RAC Cox (Photo submitted by…
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1980 Camp Ottari & High Knoll Staff Photo
Front Row: Norm Schafer, James Potter, Ed Cox, Jeff Janosko Second Row: John Rhodes, Brett Whitehead, Scott Obenchain, Gary Whaley, Joe Sandoval, Brad Stipes Third Row: Kevin Dillon, Nick Hedges (Int’l Scout), Dennis West, Mark Hughes, Steve Moore Fourth Row: Richie Bolton, Jeff Perry, Carl Unterbrink, Richard Saunders, Kelly Hubert, William Nietzold, Roger Hudnall, G.H….
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1986 Camp Ottari Staff Photo
Front Row: Linda Curcio, Joe Curcio, Dave Clark Second Row: Tony Clark, John Glover (Int’l Scout), “Mr. Ketchup,” Aaron Clark, Sam Cook, Dan Teats, Stephanie Will, “Duck” Mallard Third Row: Joe Coyle, John Shaner, Eric Lassiter, Bill Moose, Travis Graham, Stu Schwarzer Fourth Row: Larry ‘Bluebear’ Edwards, Sam Lowry, Chris ‘Bear’ Aldrich, Bob Whitaker, Harold…
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Construction of Camp Ottari ‘Onion Ring’
During the mid-1970s, as Camp Ottari was returned to service as a base camp for the High Knoll Program, long-time staffer Brad Roscoe envisioned, designed and executed a plan for adding an amphitheater on the far edge of the lake. These photos are from his personal scrapbook, circa 1974-75. They show the construction of the…