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140: 25: 316:. It was used as the dining room for the historic Wildcliff Lodge (formerly known as "Hoppie's" and then "Verns") and still sits unoccupied as of 2008. A committee of home owners in Chair Rock was organized to purchase Wildcliff as a means to eliminate the perceived noise and visitors to the area. Wildcliff now sits in disarray with no intent to repair or rejuvenate the historic property. 147: 427: 408: 457: 347: 301:
novel, Silas Strong, Emperor of the Woods (1906). Bachellor also dedicated the poem, Him and Me, to Scott. Scott registered two patents one for a
183: 139: 257:. The portage is a total of 3.5 miles through blowdown of virgin timber. Big Deer Pond is noted for being a large shallow pond with numerous 338: 452: 270: 108: 343: 312:
Scott Philo's one room log cabin was later moved during the winter through the dense woods to Chair Rock on the south end of
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Region (N.Y.) History 19th century "The Hermit" of Big Deer Pond (or Lost Pond) near
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An' the oaths were slippin' easy from the tongue o' Philo Scott
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Big Deer Pond was the home of Philo Scott, 1841–1911;
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Big Deer Pond is located in New York
Hamilton County, New York
44°04′07″N 74°50′19″W / 44.068576°N 74.838709°W / 44.068576; -74.838709
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Hamilton County, New York
Lows Lake
Five Ponds Wilderness Area
Adirondacks
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Montana
Oswegatchie River
bog
Verplanck Colvin
Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)
Adirondack Mountains
Cranberry Lake
J. Henry Rushton
Reuben Wood
Irving Bacheller

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