Camp Ozark

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Camp Ozark, originally known as Ozark Boys Camp, is a Christian camping facility located in Mount Ida, Arkansas. Its purpose is to provide its campers a place away from worldly things.

[edit] History

This facility was founded in 1949 by a star athlete at Ouachita Baptist University, Carey Selph and his partner John Froehlich, both from Houston, Texas, who acquired the present acreage on which the camp is located and began constructing the original camp. A few months later, the first 27 boys arrived on opening day--mainly from Houston. In 1953, John Froehlich sold his interest in Ozark Boys Camp to a recently retired professional baseball player named Pat Ankenman, who had been a professional baseball player for 14 years in the MLB teams of the Brooklyn Dodgers (now Los Angeles Dodgers) and St. Louis Cardinals. Since then, sporting activities have been provided. In 1977, a decision was made to change the name from "Ozark Boys Camp" to "Camp Ozark" to not only bring in male campers but females as well. In 1985, Camp Ozark had been acquired by Susan Torn and her husband Sam, who has camped there from 1953 to 1957. They were set out to make Camp Ozark the premier residential summer camp in the United States.

[edit] Sam Schubert

In August 2000, two parents, Marjorie and Allen sent thier son Sam to camp Ozark. Sams visit to Ozark ended in tragedy when they got a phone call a week later while on vacation that their son was the victim of a canoe accident. Sam spent 6 weeks in ICU at akansaw childrens hospital and at Memorial Herman in Houston, TX. Only to pass away at the age of 9. Camp Ozark was at fault and was found guilty of negligant death.

[edit] External link

• Camp Ozark Official Website