Editing Stockbridge, New York (section)

== History ==
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The land surrounding where Stockbridge would be established was lived upon by "[[Stockbridge Indians]]" (as local settlers would refer to them), who had been relocated already to the New Stockbridge Indian Territory during the latter half of the 18th century, being told that this land was to be reserved for future tribal generations. The Stockbridge, refugees mainly of adjoining tribes in New York who had settled in the "[[praying town]]" of [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts]],<ref>{{cite web|author= Sultzman, Lee|year= 1997|title=Wappinger History|access-date=January 14, 2012|url= http://www.dickshovel.com/wap.html}}</ref> accepted an invitation of the [[Oneida people]] to live and share on their reservation in New York. Subsequent disagreements with White settlers caused many Stockbridge Indians to relocate to [[Indiana]] and later to [[Wisconsin]], where they became the [[Stockbridge–Munsee Community|Stockbridge–Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation]].

The town was settled in 1791 by pioneers from [[New England]]. The town was formed in 1836 from parts of four other towns: [[Augusta, New York|Augusta]], [[Lenox, New York|Lenox]], [[Smithfield, New York|Smithfield]] and [[Vernon, New York|Vernon]].

Stockbridge is the birthplace of meatpacking industrialist [[Philip Danforth Armour]] and his brother [[Herman Ossian Armour]].