Blog - Bidwell House Museum

December 19, 2022November 30, 2023

Index of Bidwell Lore Posts

In April 2020, we introduced our history series, Bidwell Lore. In this feature, we share stories about the Bidwell Family,...

December 5, 2023December 5, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 168! This week we have a short post about the end of the life of Margaret...

November 28, 2023November 30, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 167! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family. As we near the...

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 166! This week we will share some deeds pertaining to the sale of Agrippa’s land holdings after...

October 31, 2023October 31, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 165! This week we will talk about the property Peggy Hull inherited from Agrippa and her boarder, Joab Kellis....

October 24, 2023October 26, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 164! This week we will share some articles in various newspapers and publications in the 19th century...

October 17, 2023October 19, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 163! This week continue to look at some of the Stockbridge Selectboard records from the early 19th century. If...

October 10, 2023October 12, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 162! This week we shift gears and take a look at some of the Stockbridge Selectboard records from...

October 3, 2023October 5, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 161! This week, we continue to explore the work Agrippa and Margaret had to complete in order to...

September 26, 2023October 5, 2023

Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 160! This week we look at some of the paperwork that Agrippa, and later Margaret, had to...

September 19, 2023September 28, 2023

Agrippa’s Military PensionRick Wilcox, 2022 Further to our story from last week about Agrippa’s land holdings and mortgage, we have...