This page contains images for all the markers dedicated to the route traveled by Colonel Henry Knox and the “Noble Train of Artillery” from Fort Ticonderoga to the Boston area in the Winter of 1775-1776 that I have encountered while walking along roads in Massachusetts (principally, but not exclusively, the Upper Boston Post Road). I will add images to this collection as I walk along the road and encounter a Knox Trail marker, starting from the end of Knox’s journey at Dorchester Heights in Boston (where much of the artillery was placed in March 1776) and at Cambridge Common (where Knox reported to General Washington at the end of his arduous winter journey).
Steven Glovsky has researched this topic in great detail and most of the information he has compiled can be found on the website of the Wayland Museum and Historical Society. Here is a list compiled by Steven Glovsky of all the markers, which has been invaluable to me as I walk from town to town along the Upper Boston Post Road and other old roads. Thanks to Steven for all his assistance.
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South Boston: Dorchester Heights Monument Grounds
Note: Visited Thursday, August 8, 2024 and discovered that the grounds and the monument are undergoing renovation. The stone has been removed while the project is underway. When it is complete I will return to take a photo of the marker and to take a walk around the grounds and the surrounding neighborhood as part of my Boston Rambles project. In the meantime I submit the following photos in lieu of the actual stone marker. All the rest of the markers thus far are in the expected location
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Roxbury: Junction of Roxbury Street and Malcolm X Boulevard
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Cambridge: Cambridge Common, Northwest corner, off Garden Street, opposite Mason Street
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Watertown: In front of 481 Mount Auburn Street, opposite Windsor Avenue
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Waltham: In front of the Nathaniel Apartment building at 945 Main Street, at the junction of Main Street and Weston Street, opposite Banks Street
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Weston: Opposite 394 Boston Post Road, at the corner of Town House Road
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Wayland: Junction of Old Connecticut Path (Route 126) and Cochituate Road (Route 27)
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Wayland: Near the Old Stone Bridge at the end of Old Stonebridge Road near the junction of Overlook Road
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Framingham: In front of 1 Edgell Road, junction of Route 30 and Edgell Road
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Southborough: In front of 28 Main Street (Route 30) near the junction with Marlboro Road (Route 85)
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Marlborough: Opposite 240 Main Street, on the grounds of Immaculate Conception Church west of 231 Main Street, at the junction with Prospect Street
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Northborough: In front of Northborough Town Hall, 63 Main Street
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Shrewsbury: On Shrewsbury Common, opposite 586 Main Street west of Boylston Street
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Worcester: In front of old Worcester County Courthouse, 2 Main Street
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Leicester: In front of Leicester Public Library, 1136 Main Street
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Spencer: Adjacent to the Sugden Building, 117 Main Street
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Brookfield: River Street, intersection of Route 9 (West Main Street) and Route 148 (River Street), in a little landscaped area off Common Street. Note: this is the only marker for the Brookfield towns
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Warren: Washington Street at Route 67 (Main Street),
(in cement island in middle of entrance to Washington Street)
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NEXT: Palmer
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