Several of these men returned after the war to clear the land and build their homes in this beautiful valley. Among them are the ancestors of Vermont families. Lieutenant Nathaniel Bowman Brown, one of these soldiers, built his log cabin on the Lake Amherst camp site. This property now belongs to one of his decedents, me, Alecia Armstrong and my husband John. It is special to know this. Especially so when people ask about the road between the cottage and the lake. It's not just any dirt road. I knew my grandmother, a Brown, was a descendant of Nathaniel Bowman Brown, but I never imagined that the land had been passed down from that long ago so directly. This gives me chills and makes me pinch myself. I'm a simple girl who grew up on the lake (bored as hell as a kid!....Oh to be that bored again!) , not rich by any means, but I sure do feel rich in culture and history.
The head of Lake Amherst where they probably camped.
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Enjoying this fascinating lake Located in a valley area that has a series of lakes and ponds, Amherst is the third body of water in a string of 5: Woodard Reservoir, Black Pond, Amherst Lake, Echo Lake, Lake Rescue, and Lake Pauline along scenic Vermont Route 100. History will tell you that the lake is known by locals and “old timers” as Lake Amherst, but somewhere at the state level it was renamed “Amherst Lake” and so it stands. General Jeffrey Amherst and his
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The small old dirt road that runs between the cottage and the lake was the road the soldiers marched over during the Revolutionary War.
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