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N.Y.S. Music Camp

 
 
N.Y.S. Music Camp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lori Paparteys, May 12, 2021
1. N.Y.S. Music Camp Marker
Inscription. Original site of the Otter Lake Hotel 1893-1946 & New York State Music Camp 1947-1955. Now known as the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival & Institute.
 
Erected by Founder F. Swift.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicEducation. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.
 
Location. 43° 35.487′ N, 75° 6.685′ W. Marker is in Forestport, New York, in Oneida County. It is on New York State Route 28, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Forestport NY 13338, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1885 Forest Fire 1935 (approx. 5 miles away); Okara Lakes (approx. 6½ miles away); The Adirondacks (approx. 6½ miles away); Old Forge, N.Y. (approx. 10.8 miles away).
 
Regarding N.Y.S. Music Camp. For more information on the music camp, see http://www.hoashi.com/nysmc/about.html and https://nysmc.wordpress.com

A photo of the old hotel can be found at http://www.hoashi.com/nysmc/mftm/photos/006-lg.jpg
 
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N.Y.S. Music Camp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lori Paparteys, May 12, 2021
2. N.Y.S. Music Camp Marker
N.Y.S. Music Camp Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lori Paparteys, May 12, 2021
3. N.Y.S. Music Camp Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 12, 2021, by Lori Paparteys of Oneonta, New York. This page has been viewed 1,004 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 12, 2021, by Lori Paparteys of Oneonta, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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