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Knox Trail Marker is a historic marker located at Town Common Park in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Built in 1927. It is part of a local historic district.
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Knox Trail Marker
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About this site
Knox Trail Marker is a historical marker in West Springfield, Hampden County. It is one of 129 historical markers documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.1069, -72.6172 near West Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hessian Encampment Marker (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Day, Josiah House, West Springfield Schoolhouse Marker, and West Springfield Common.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Knox Trail Marker in West Springfield commemorates the route of Henry Knox's famous 'noble train of artillery,' which in the winter of 1775–76 hauled some 60 tons of captured cannon by ox sledge from Fort Ticonderoga across Massachusetts to the siege of Boston. A series of these markers, dedicated in the 1920s, traces the historic trail across the state. The West Springfield marker stands on the Town Common Park.
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