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East Side Beaches
The beaches on the East Side were a popular swimming and camping destination in the 1930s and 1940s. Breakwater Camp and Beach, managed by Dick Detro, offered rental cottages located on railroad property next to the east pier. Otto’s Camp, established by Otto Hogrefe in 1925, provided camping sites as well as cottages for summer guests. Breakwater Camp was closed in 1947 when the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad asked Hogrefe to move the existing cabins from the company’s property to make room for an expansion.

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The east pier serves as the west boundary of Nickel Plate Park.
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Otto's Camp was a popular tourist spot, offering cottages and camping.
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In 1958 the village of Huron entered into a lease with the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company for 11.6 acres of land for $25 a year. This area became Nickel Plate Beach.
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Amico "Cootch" Carmel owned Cootch's Bar near Nickel Plate in the 1960s and 1970s.

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