Osterhout, DeForest(Bud)

DeForest(Bud)Osterhout courtesy of Willard Osterhout

Bud was an avid fisherman and enjoyed both fresh and salt water fishing. He especially loved fishing the St. Lawrence river where he owned a camp named "The Willard" located in Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island. He also loved to hunt and was a charter member of a hunting club known as "Chet's Camp" located on the North Woods Club Road outside Minerva in the Adirondack Mt.

Birth

DeForest(Bud)Osterhout was born in 1908 the son of Thomas B. Osterhout and Lavinia VanWee

Education

Bud graduated from Bethlemhem Highschool

Occupation

Bud was a partner with his brothers Wyman and Everett in the ownership and operation of the "Indian Ladder Lodge" a very popular nightclub outside of Albany N.Y. On occasion he would work as an Iron Worker for local 12 in Albany N.Y.

Marriage and Children

Bud married Helen Brownell in 1939 and they had two children,Willard Osterhout b-1940 and John Osterhout b-1944

Death

DeForest Osterhout died on Feb. 19, 1956 and is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in New Salem

Additional Media

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  The Osterhout Brothers,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud before he was married,from the Willard osterhout collection
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  Bud with his brother, sister and some friends at Warner Lake,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Lake George NY L-R ?, Roy Weeks and Bud Osterhout,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  At Lake George L-R Bud, Roy and Gladys,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud showing off his catch behind Osterhout's Restaurant,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud and Helen Osterhout with their son John,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud driving the car on a fishing trip to Quebec Canada in 1949,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Fly fishing for trout in Canada in 1949,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Fishing in Canada F-B Art Magar, Bud Osterhout and Dewitt Carl,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  1949 Canadian fishing license,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Duck hunting and fishing on the St. Lawrence river,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Duck hunting and fishing on the St. Lawrence river,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud ice fishing St. Lawrence River,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  A group of ice fishermen, Bud in center, St. Lawrence River,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud in his lawn chair outside the "Willard" camp,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  The camp known as the "Willard" owned by the Osterhout family,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  The boat owned by the Osterhout family, it was called the "Burma",from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud taking a nap on the rear seat of the"Burma" a boat owned by the family St. Lawrence River,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Osterhout's"Indian Ladder Lodge"as it looked in the 1950s,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Aerial view of Osterhout's,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  Bud tending bar,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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  The three Osterhout Brothers behind the bar,from the Willard Osterhout collection

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