Erasmus Sergeant News Today

Stockbridge Plain Street was a North-South connector road, there were stagecoaches as well as Revolutionary War troops moving through the village. Ethan Allen stopped and bought a knife at Bingham’s store—perhaps on his way to Ticonderoga. Indeed, in the 18th century, Stockbridge was considered—you guessed it—a destination.

Now a bucolic rural area filled with picturesque farmlands and quaint Main Streets, 18th Century Berkshire County saw conflict, violence, and bravery.