Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-19
CASPIAN LAKE RESORT
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Ellzins, soon after which in order to Il
protect the few settlers in and about :.
Peacham company under Nehemiah !,
Loveland was sent there, Col. Love |.
land sent scouting party of four up ..
the Hazen road and had them make
their camp headquarters at the old
block house en- the shore of Caspian
lake, but in an unguarded moment
they were attacked by Indians and two
fell at the first fire and were scalped.
The remaining two surrendered and
were taken captive to Quebec. but
were soon exchanged and returned to
Peacham
''In November, 1870 the township
was granted and on Aug. 20. 1881 it
was chartered to Harris Colt and &c
associates. 1t was first named Colts
Hill but later it was changed to
Greensboro in honor of Mr.. Green, one
of the propretors of the town. 1t was
not, however, until several years later
that any attempts were made for a
permanent settlement. To be sure
Lyford, the famous hunter of Cabot, |
hunted and trapped in these regions
some of which might be pointed out
until within few years, this, was
written in 1867.-"It was in one of the
Lyford camps that Tollman and
Wood. early preachers of the gospel,
found shelter for three days and
religiously consecrated the soil to the
great Jehovah asking his blessings and
guidance for all who who might later
come. In December. 1888 a meeting
of the proprietors of the town of
Greensboro was held in Cabot and in
an attempt to attend this meeting
Timothy Stanley. one of the proprie-
| hot fha
toes and part of the foot had to be
amputated, there being no surgical
instruments at hand chisel and mall
let was used and successfully, too.''
''In the spring of 1879 settlements
were commenced, Ashbel and Aaron
Shepard coming with their families.
five persons, from Newbury, then
called Coos. from Cabot the women
were compelled to walk the remaining
distance, sixteen miles, while all their
, goods were brought in on three hand
sleds. Aaron and family went into the
block house while Ashbel built log
cabin near by. In August, however,
Aaron Shepard decided to return to
Newbury. but as Ashbel decided not to
leave. they babe goodby to each other
and Ashbel commenced to get ready
for his first winter there, and through
the long cold winter Ashbe] and his
< wife were the only inhabitants of the
town. their nearest neighbors being in
Cabot, distance of sixteen miles, and
e in Craftsbury, then Minden, distance
of something the same, where in like
manner the Cutters had refused to
leave and stayed through the winter.
Except for the occasional visit of some
hunter the Shepards had no visitors,
but one through the winter, the one
bright spot in their dreary life being
: when Mary Gerould. the daughter Of
Mrs. Cutler, stopped there one day on
her way on her way from Sturbridge,
Mass, where she had been attending
!: school. From Sturbridge to Crafts
: bury it had taken Mary Gerould, girl
of fourteen, more than ten weeks to
reach her mother in Craftsbury, being
:. delayed by storm and lack of any sort
of conveyance through the then almost
;, lmpenetrable forests, the last part of
: her journey being made on handsled
drawn by three young men from Cabot.
In March Of the following year, 1870,
Mrs. Cutler prompted by a sense of
!. duty came to Craftsbury to visit Mrs.
q Shepard and on the 25th day of March.
1890, William Scott Shepard was born,
+ the first white child born in Greens
. boro or in Orleans county"
"The next year Aaron Shepard and
family returned and as early as 1893
! there were several families settled
: here. In March of 1893 the first town
j.. Meeting was held at the home of
S Ashbel Shepard. In this same year
another notable event occurred, when
married to Joseph Stanley of Green's
boro. There being no minister or
: qualified justice in Craftsbury, it was
!. arranged that the wedding dinner be
held there, and then the party pro-
ceeded on horses, brought from
=. Peacham for the occasion, to Greens
; boro. where Mary Gerould became the
= wife of Joseph Stanley and the first
bride in Orleans county To this we'd
:. ding all the inhabitants of the town
were invited and with the exception of
/ five adults and few young children
o. they were all present."
: 1t therefore, you visit Greensboro
. today at the very height of the sum.
ner season and look upon it's hundred
< odd cottages and camps, reflect that
only few short generations ago,
;. there stood only the the solitary block
house and the little log cabin Of
Ashbei Shepard, and scattered along
t. the shores of the lake now dotted with
power launches. there were the Gun
! ming traps of the mighty Lyford.
;. Inc summer colony at Caspian lake
has grown as though by magic. 1t ha
V been only, few years siace a yer,
small group of camps marked the
beginning, and yet today there are al
er together over 40 camps and cottages
about the shores of the lake and on The
many hills overlooking it's waters
m Dozens of power boats now chug mer
,g rlly across the waters where formerly
~ the Indians birch canoe silently stole
W forth in quest of fnny trophies O,
"a darted swiftly by in hot pursuit Of
", 70 deer or moose.
I'd Located as this colony is, upon tn,
y shore of beautiful New Englant
- lake. it is almost wonderful to watcl
its growth. A few camps, usually a
hrst those OF some fisherman. spring
and fhan ol a:~