Roasted Jun 2, 202689 views89 pts
We're sorry. Actually, no we're not.
Cheshire's claim to fame is a 1,235-pound cheese wheel they sent Thomas Jefferson in 1802. Not wine, not art, not literature - literally just really, really big cheese. Your peak achievement happened over 200 years ago and it was dairy.
With barely more people than a suburban high school, Cheshire struggles to be noticed between Pittsfield and North Adams. Even the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail just passes through without stopping - it's the highway rest stop of the Berkshires.
In 1801, Cheshire's Baptist farmers were so devoted to Jefferson that they made his cheese using only milk from Republican-owned cows, because apparently even dairy animals weren't safe from political purity tests.
Most places get statues of war heroes or founding fathers. Cheshire built a monument to dairy equipment. The granite cheese press downtown is the town's proudest landmark - imagine explaining that to visitors from actual cities.
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