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The Town of Cheshire
Massachusetts has a unique monument to a famous cheese, and an interesting
history. The valley town was founded in the 1760's by Baptists from Rhode
Island, the first settlers in the region who were not of the established
Puritan Church. The early colonists were mostly descendants of those who
had followed Roger Williams to Rhode Island in their quest for religious
freedom. One of the prime movers of the emigration was Colonel Joab Stafford,
who built his house on Stafford Hill and led the men of Cheshire into war
during the Revolution. The troops from Cheshire distinguished themselves
at the Battle of Bennington. Cheshire was incorporated in 1793, and its
residents were strongly partisan in the election battles of the country's
early days.
The election campaign which put Thomas Jefferson into the presidency was hard fought and Cheshire was the only Berkshire town which favored Jefferson. When their candidate won the election, the town searched for a way to show their support and pay a tribute to their new president. Because Cheshire specialized in dairying and making cheese, they decided to send a gift to the president of a Cheshire cheese, but one using curds from every farmer in town. The resulting huge cheese was four feet in diameter, 18 inches thick and weighed 1,235 pounds. It was moved on a sled drawn by six horses when it was shipped off to Washington, D.C. by water, where it drew a personal letter of thanks from President Jefferson. One of the two monuments in Cheshire commemorates the cheese; the other memorializes the founders of the town. The Pioneer Monument is on Stafford Hill and is a fieldstone replica of Benedict Arnold's Norse Mill in Newport, Rhode Island. The view from the monument is arguably one of the most beautiful views in the Berkshires. The town had early forges and saw mills, grist mills and tanneries, and in 1812, the Cheshire Crown Glass factory opened as did a triphammer operation. Cheshire Massachusetts is located in Northwestern Massachusetts, bordered by Adams on the north, Savoy and Windsor on the east, Dalton on the southeast, Lanesborough on the southwest, and New Ashford on the northwest. Cheshire is about 10 miles north of Pittsfield, 138 miles northwest of Boston. |
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