Osterhout, DeForest(Bud)
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
The Osterhout Brothers,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud before he was married,from the Willard osterhout collection 
Bud with his brother, sister and some friends at Warner Lake,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Lake George NY L-R ?, Roy Weeks and Bud Osterhout,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
At Lake George L-R Bud, Roy and Gladys,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud showing off his catch behind Osterhout's Restaurant,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud and Helen Osterhout with their son John,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud driving the car on a fishing trip to Quebec Canada in 1949,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Fly fishing for trout in Canada in 1949,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Fishing in Canada F-B Art Magar, Bud Osterhout and Dewitt Carl,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Province of Quebec travelling permit,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
1955 Big Game hunting license,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
"Chet's Camp" Hunting Lodge on the North Wood's Club Road out side of Minerva N.Y.from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Hunters in the woods,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
1949 Canadian fishing license,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Duck hunting and fishing on the St. Lawrence river,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Duck hunting and fishing on the St. Lawrence river,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud ice fishing St. Lawrence River,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
A group of ice fishermen, Bud in center, St. Lawrence River,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud in his lawn chair outside the "Willard" camp,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
The camp known as the "Willard" owned by the Osterhout family,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
The boat owned by the Osterhout family, it was called the "Burma",from the Willard Osterhout collection 
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 
Osterhout's"Indian Ladder Lodge"as it looked in the 1950s,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Aerial view of Osterhout's,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud tending bar,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
The three Osterhout Brothers behind the bar,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud cooking in the kitchen,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
In the kitchen with Helen, Bud and Eunice Osterhout,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud serving guests at his parents 50th wedding anniversary,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud behind the bar at Osterhout's,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Harold Higgins and Bud Osterhout,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud Osterhout and Ward Ackerman,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Dining with family in NYC,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Bud and Helen Osterhout with Ward and Mary Ackerman in NYC,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
At a bowling tournament in Buffalo,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
1955 fishing license,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Obituary in the newspaper,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Fishing in Canada 1939,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Sleeping on the back seat of the"Burma" St. Lawrence river,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
with his sister-in-law Grace wearing his Delmar Fire Co. baseball shirt,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Swimming at Lake George,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Ocean fishing,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Fishing in Canada in 1939,from the Willard Osterhout collection 
Slingerlands Baseball Team,from the Willard Osterhout collection
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