Henry Knox Trail
Introduction Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, the first marker added to the Henry Knox Trail since its establishment in 1926–27.The marker pictured was dedicated March 17, 2009, the 233rd anniversary of the end of the Siege of Boston, known as Evacuation Day in Massachusetts.The '''Henry Knox Trail''', also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths that 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 forty-three heavy brass and iron cannons, six cohorns, eight mortars, and two howitzers. Knox, using sledges pulled by teams of oxen to haul these cannons, many weighing over a ton, crossed 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 both began installing commemorative plaques at 56 locations in the two states that trace the route the expedition passed through. The exact nature of the collaboration between the two states is unclear, however 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, confirming theories originally advanced by North Egremont, Massachusetts, postmaster Joseph Elliott, found 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 12928https://www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=555508NY-1Fort Ticonderoga102 Fort Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883NY-2Fort Ticonderoga102 Fort Ti Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883NY-3Fort Ticonderoga Portage Road137 Montcalm St, Ticonderoga, NY 12883Lake George651 Black Point Rd, Ticonderoga, NY 12883Sabbath 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 12804200pxNY-10Hudson Falls220 Main St, Hudson Falls, NY 12839200pxNY-11Fort Edward219 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828200pxNY-12Fort Miller1061 State Route 4, Greenwich, NY 12834200pxNY-13Northumberland107 Starks Knob Rd, Schuylerville, NY  12871200pxNY-14Schuylerville2 Broad St, Schuylerville, NY 12871200pxEnsign House513 Saratoga County Veterans Memorial  Highway, Stillwater, NY 12170NY-15Bemis Heights1173 Old Route 32, Stillwater, NY 12170200pxNY-16Stillwater75 Hudson Ave, Stillwater, NY 12170200pxNY-17Mechanicville6 S Main St, Mechanicville, NY 12118200pxNY-18Waterford55 1st St, Waterford, NY 12188200pxNY-19Klaus' Ferry1258 New Loudon Rd, Cohoes, NY 12047200pxNY-20Latham206 Old Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110200pxNY-21Albany350 Northern Blvd, Albany, NY 12204NY-22Albany Riverside Park191 Broadway, Albany, NY 12202NY-23Rensselaer30 Aiken Ave, Rensselaer, NY 12144200pxNY-24East Greenbush688 Columbia Tpke, East Greenbush, NY  12061200pxNY-25Schodack1972 Route 9, Castleton on Hudson, NY  12033200pxNY-26Kinderhook1 Hudson St, Kinderhook, NY 12106200pxNY-27West Ghent6 Snyder Rd, Ghent, NY 12075200pxNY-28Claverack1202 Harlemville Rd, Ghent, NY 12075200pxNY-29Old Nobletown40 Nobletown Rd, Hillsdale, NY 12529200pxNY-30 / MA-1Alford, MAMA-71179 Green River Valley Rd.200pxMA-2North Egremont, MA223 Egremont Plain Rd.200pxMA-3Great Barrington, MA Intersection of Route 23 and Route 7200pxMA-4Monterey, MA Route 23200pxOtis, MA Route 23 200pxMA-5Blandford, MARoute 23 & North Blandford Rd., Blandford, MA 01008 200pxMA-6Russell, MAIntersection of General Knox Road and South Quarter Road 200pxMA-7Westfield, MA Main Street at N 42° 07.252; W 072° 44.892200pxMA-8West Springfield, MA Route 20  200pxMA-9Springfield, MABoston Post Rd. (State Street)200pxMA-10Wilbraham, MARoute 20 & Main Street 200pxMA-11Palmer, MA1 Wilbraham Street200pxMA-12Warren, MARoute 67 (Main St.) at the intersection with Washington St. 200pxMA-13Brookfield, MAState Route 9 at the intersection with State Route 148200pxMA-14Spencer, MAnext to 117 Main St.200pxMA-15Leicester, MA1136 Main St., in front of the Leicester Public Library and Museum200pxMA-16Worcester, MAMain Street at Lincoln Square200pxMA-17Shrewsbury, MAMain St. at Shrewsbury Common200pxMA-18Northborough, MA63 Main Street (in front of Town Hall)200pxMA-19Marlborough, MA200pxMA-20SouthboroughMA-21Framingham, MA200pxMA-23Wayland, MA Old Connecticut Path and Cochituate Rd. 200pxMA-24Weston, MABoston Post Rd. and Town House Rd.200pxMA-25Waltham, MARoute 20 (Weston St.) & Main Street 200pxMA-26Watertown481 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA 02472MA-27Cambridge42° 22.593′ N, 71° 7.313′ W, Corner of Garden St and Mason St in the Cambridge Commons,  Cambridge, MA200pxMA-27.5Roxbury, MA200pxMA-28South Boston
Photo gallery File:Otis-Knox Trail Stone.JPG|Otis-Knox Trail Stone File:General Henry Knox Trail (Palmer, Massachusetts) - DSC04689.JPG|General Henry Knox Trail (Palmer, Massachusetts)File:General Henry Knox Trail (Warren, Massachusetts) - DSC04718.JPG|General Henry Knox Trail (Warren, Massachusetts)File:General Henry Knox Trail (Northborough, Massachusetts) - DSC04428.JPG|General Henry Knox Trail (Northborough, Massachusetts)File:General Henry Knox Trail (Marlborough, Massachusetts) - DSC04368.JPG|General Henry Knox Trail (Marlborough, Massachusetts)File:Henry-Knox-trail-marker-Framingham-MA.jpg|General Henry Knox Trail (Framingham, Massachusetts)File:Knox-framingham-potter-road.jpg|General Henry Knox Trail (Framingham/Wayland border, Massachusetts)File:Knox-ma23-wayland.jpg|General Henry Knox Trail (Wayland, Massachusetts)File:Knox-ma24-weston.jpg|General Henry Knox Trail (Weston, Massachusetts)File:General Henry Knox Trail and George Washington Memorial Highway (Waltham, Massachusetts) - DSC04337.JPG|General Henry Knox Trail and George Washington Memorial Highway (Waltham, Massachusetts)File:Henry Knox artillery handover to George Washington marker.jpg|General Henry Knox Trail (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
References
External links * Knox Trail monuments (Flickr set) – As of 13 May 2010 includes photos of the fifteen markers from Rensselaer to Westfield.