Welcome to installment 209 of Bidwell Lore! Over the last several weeks, we have been sharing a series about the 18th Meeting House used by Adonijah Bidwell, originally published in 2021. Today, we are sharing the seating chart for the 1800 Meeting House, a topic we did not touch on during the original series. The first Meeting...
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Bidwell Lore – The Founding of Monterey, Part II
Welcome to week 97 of Bidwell Lore! This week we are sharing a second article by Rob Hoogs that was published in the April issue of the Monterey news. In it, he continues the story of the founding of Monterey, which celebrates its 175th anniversary this year. The Founding of Monterey, Part IIby Rob Hoogs As we mentioned last...
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Bidwell Lore – The Founding of Monterey
Welcome to week 96 of Bidwell Lore! This week we are sharing an article by Rob Hoogs that was recently published in the March issue of the Monterey news. In it, he introduces readers to the history of Monterey, which celebrates its 175th anniversary this year. The Founding of Montereyby Rob Hoogs Before April of 1847, all...
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Bidwell Lore – The Meeting House Continued
Last week, we learned how Township No. 1’s Meeting House was finally constructed so it could be used by Rev. Adonijah Bidwell for weekly services and for town business. This week, we’ll see if we can figure out what the building may have looked like, and some of the formative events that were discussed and...
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Bidwell Lore – The Meeting House
Welcome to week 64 of Bidwell Lore. This week we share more information about the completion of the first Meeting House in Township #1. As we have learned over the past few weeks, it took more than thirteen years to build the first Meeting House in Township No. 1. But, finally, in October 1750, the Meeting House and...
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Bidwell Lore – A New Minister for Township #1
Welcome to week 63 of Bidwell Lore. This week, we talk about the selection of Adonijah Bidwell as the new minister of Township #1. We learned in the last article that it took 13 years of struggles and effort—from 1737 to 1750—to make real progress toward completing the first meeting house in Township No. 1. This was due to...
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Bidwell Lore – The Meeting House and the Minister, Continued
Last week, we followed the efforts of the Proprietors—both the residents in Township No. 1 and the non-resident landowners who still lived in and near Watertown—who were trying to do what they needed to do to fulfill their dream for a City on the Hill: finish building their Meeting House on the hill, engage a...
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Bidwell Lore – The Founding of the City on the Hill Part III: The Meeting House and the Minister
Welcome to week 61 of Bidwell Lore. This week, we begin the story of the Meeting House and planning for the first Minister of Township #1. As hard as it is to visualize today, in the mid-18th century the serene woods and the nearby hilltop site near an old Indian trail – now the Bidwell House property and surroundings –...
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Bidwell Lore – The Founding of the City on the Hill, Part II: Roads and Mills
Welcome to week 60 of Bidwell Lore. This week we continue the story of the creation of Township #1, with a look at the planning of the roads and mills. As part of the Proprietors’ 1737 plan for Township No.1, they made allowance for a network of roads through the township. These roads were to connect the township...
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Bidwell Lore – The Founding of the City on the Hill, Part I
Welcome to week 59 of Bidwell Lore. This week we begin the story of the creation of Township #1, which later became Tyringham and was finally divided in the 19th century into Monterey and Tyringham. The Founding of the City on the Hill, Part Iby Rob Hoogs For the past few weeks, we have briefly outlined the Mohican...
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