Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 135! We continue our Agrippa Hull series this week with a post recapping the creation of Indian Town (later Stockbridge) so readers can better understand how land was acquired in that town in the 18th century. Indian Town – A RecapRick Wilcox, 2022 In order the understand the land granted to...
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Bidwell Lore – The Dispossession of Stockbridge Mohican Land by the Ball Family, Part III
Welcome to Bidwell Lore number 117! This week we continue the series titled “Dispossession of Stockbridge Mohican Land by the Ball Family, 1772-1781,” written by Rick Wilcox. He shares the story of Isaac Ball and his role in the Mohicans losing their land in and around Stockbridge. Dispossession of Stockbridge Mohican Land by the Ball...
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Bidwell Lore – Indian Town’s Mohican Burying Ground
Happy New Year and welcome to week 37 of Bidwell Lore! This week we will be sharing the story of the Mohican burying ground in Indian Town (now Stockbridge). “A plat of 23,040 acres of land lying on both sides of the Housatonnuck river being A Grant made by the Great. Gen’l Court or Assembly of the Province of...