My great-grandfather in the 1930s was stricken with tuberculosis. He traveled to saranac Lake New York and thankfully recovered!h He said it was fresh air! He fell in love with the land and bought property in Wilmington NY . We always called the Bowman’s Riverbend ! That’s our last name. When my great-grandfather passed away, he and his wife and his sister were buried right on the property in a beautiful Rock flower garden! My grandfather took over the property and turned it into camp whiteface mountain. My father was of course a camp counselor. And my mother from Connecticut took a summer job there as a horse riding instructor, Summer romance, they were married, here I am!! . After the camp retired we’ve always enjoyed this property. Unfortunately my aunt who’s only 60 has been stricken with terminal brain cancer. We had to put it on the market. We don’t want to lose our property that has always been in our family! I want my aunt to be able to live out what time she has left in the land that we all love. And then I would like to turn it into a girl’s camp once again in the summer for unprivileged children. I have so many ideas! One Summer girls the next boys . And an animal sanctuary for homeless animals, horse rescue. I think I could do both of these dreams on this beautiful property of 23 acres and I think I could change a lot of lives just as mine was changed and educated of the greatness of nature and the beauty of the mountains. I would love to bring City children there so they can see a mountain for the first time and smell what a real pine tree smells like! Teach them about animals and nature!! . Please help us keep our great-grandfathers land!! Don’t let a contractor buy it up and turn it into condos! Anyone who donates is welcome to come up and enjoy the land with us it’s on the ausable River the best trout fishing in the state! Beautiful in the fall and perfect for skiing in the winter as White face mountain is right down the street. If you remember the 1980 Winter Olympics. Please help us to keep our land 23 acres, from being taken over and turned into more commercial property. Keep my great-grandfather’s dream alive, let my aunt live out what little time she has left, and let me bring children there and teach them about nature and animals. I would love to take in as many animals that need homes or healing or horse rescue. This is my dream I don’t want to lose this land!! it made such a difference in my life! Feel free to take a visual tour on Zillow 55 Riverbend way Wilmington New York!.
- So much appreciate anyone’s contributions, big or small anyone who contributes is welcome to come up and fish and camp and enjoy pristine nature!! Thank you!
- Lauren $lavlauren1