Henry Knox Trail

The Henry Knox Trail, also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths which traces the route of Colonel Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" from Crown Point to the Continental Army camp outside Boston, Massachusetts, early in the American Revolutionary War.

History

Knox was commissioned by Continental Army commander George Washington in 1775 to transport 59 cannons from captured forts on Lake Champlain—30 from Fort Ticonderoga and 29 from Crown Point—to the army camp outside Boston to aid the war effort there against British forces. They included 43 heavy brass and iron cannons, six cohorns, eight mortars, and two howitzers. Knox used sledges pulled by teams of oxen to haul these cannons, many weighing over a ton, crossing an icy Lake George in mid-winter. He proceeded to travel through rural New York and the snow-covered Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, finally arriving to the aid of the beleaguered Continental Army in January 1776.

Marker placement In 1926, the 150th anniversary of Knox's march, the states of New York and Massachusetts began installing commemorative plaques at 56 locations which trace the route that the expedition passed through. The work was completed in 1927. The New York markers' bronze reliefs were designed by Henry James Albright, and the Massachusetts reliefs by Henry L. Norton.

In 1975, the marker locations between Kinderhook, New York, and Alford, Massachusetts, were updated after new research confirmed theories originally advanced by North Egremont, Massachusetts, postmaster Joseph Elliott, which found that Knox did not pass through Claverack, New York. A new marker was added to the trail at Roxbury Heritage State Park in Boston in 2009, adjacent to a house owned by General John Thomas, who guided the weapons received from Knox to their final placement on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston.

Table of Knox Trail Markers +Marker #Year installedTitleAddressPictureNY-0Crown Point21 Grandview Dr, Crown Point, NY 12928NY-1Fort Ticonderoga (located inside the Fort)102 Fort Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883NY-2Fort Ticonderoga Marker #2102 Fort Ti Rd (Sandy Redoubt South Entrance to Park), Ticonderoga, NY 12883NY-3Ticonderoga137 Montcalm St, Ticonderoga, NY 12883NY-4Lake George651 Black Point Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883NY-5Sabbath Day Point44 Sabbath Day Point Rd, Silver Bay, NY 12874NY-6Bolton Landing19 Rogers Memorial Park Rd, Bolton Landing, NY 12814NY-7Lake George Battlefield75 Fort George Rd, Lake George, NY 12845 (43°25'04.4"N, 73°42'25.9"W)NY-8Bloody Brook1716 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845NY-9Glens Falls626 Glen St, Queensbury, NY 12804NY-10Hudson Falls220 Main St, Hudson Falls, NY 12839NY-11Fort Edward219 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828NY-12Fort Miller1061 State Route 4, Greenwich, NY 12834NY-13Northumberland107 Starks Knob Rd, Schuylerville, NY 12871NY-14Schuylerville2 Broad St, Schuylerville, NY 12871Ensign House513 Saratoga County Veterans Memorial Highway, Stillwater, NY 12170NY-15Bemis Heights1173 Old Route 32, Stillwater, NY 12170NY-16Stillwater75 Hudson Ave, Stillwater, NY 12170NY-17Mechanicville6 S Main St, Mechanicville, NY 12118NY-18Waterford55 1st St, Waterford, NY 12188NY-19Klaus' Ferry1258 New Loudon Rd, Cohoes, NY 12047NY-20Latham206 Old Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110NY-21Albany350 Northern Blvd, Albany, NY 12204NY-22Albany Riverside Park191 Broadway, Albany, NY 12202NY-23Rensselaer30 Aiken Ave, Rensselaer, NY 12144NY-24East Greenbush688 Columbia Tpke, East Greenbush, NY 12061NY-25Schodack1972 Route 9, Castleton on Hudson, NY 12033NY-26Kinderhook1 Hudson St, Kinderhook, NY 12106NY-27West Ghent6 Snyder Rd, Ghent, NY 12075NY-28Claverack1202 Harlemville Rd, Ghent, NY 12075NY-29Old Nobletown40 Nobletown Rd, Hillsdale, NY 12529NY-30 / MA-1Alford, MAMA-71 179 Green River Valley Rd.MA-2North Egremont, MA223 Egremont Plain Rd.MA-3Great Barrington, MA Intersection of Route 23 and Route 7MA-4Monterey, MA Route 23Otis, MA Route 23 MA-5Blandford, MARoute 23 & North Blandford Rd., Blandford, MA 01008 MA-6Russell, MAIntersection of General Knox Road and South Quarter Road MA-7Westfield, MA Main Street at N 42° 07.252; W 072° 44.892MA-8West Springfield, MA Route 20 The site is where General Reidesel and his Hessian Soldiers encamped on October 30 and 31, 1777 on their way to Boston after British General John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.MA-9Springfield, MABoston Post Rd. (State Street)MA-10Wilbraham, MARoute 20 & Main Street MA-11Palmer, MA1 Wilbraham StreetMA-12Warren, MARoute 67 (Main St.) at the intersection with Washington St. MA-13Brookfield, MAState Route 9 at the intersection with State Route 148MA-14Spencer, MAnext to 117 Main St.This location is close to a marker indicating that "Washington Slept Here"MA-15Leicester, MA1136 Main St., in front of the Leicester Public Library and MuseumMA-16Worcester, MAMain Street at Lincoln SquareMA-17Shrewsbury, MAMain St. at Shrewsbury CommonMA-18Northborough, MA63 Main Street (in front of Town Hall)MA-19Marlborough, MAMA-20Southborough, MA28 Main Street, Southborough, MAMA-21Framingham, MAMA-23Wayland, MA Old Connecticut Path and Cochituate Rd. MA-24Weston, MABoston Post Rd. and Town House Rd.MA-25Waltham, MARoute 20 (Weston St.) & Main Street MA-26Watertown481 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA 02472MA-27Cambridge42° 22.593′ N, 71° 7.313′ W, Corner of Garden St and Mason St on the Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MAMA-27.5Roxbury, MAMalcolm X Blvd & Roxbury StreetMA-28South BostonThomas Park, Dorchester Heights

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