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During the winter of 1776, in one of the most amazing logistical feats of the Revolutionary War, Henry Knox and his teamsters transported cannons from Fort Ticonderoga through the sparsely populated Berkshires to Boston to help drive British forces from the city. This history documents Knox's precise route--dubbed the Henry Knox Trail--and chronicles the evolution of an ordinary Indian path into a fur corridor, a settlement trail, and eventually a war road. By recounting the growth of this important but under appreciated thoroughfare, this study offers critical insight into a vital Revolutionary supply route.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. English Fur Traders, 1600s
2. King Philip's War, 1670s
3. Dutch Fur Traders, 1700s
4. The Great Road
5. Housatonic River Valley Settled, 1730s and 1740s
6. Seven Years War, I: Fort Saint-Frédéric (Crown Point) Campaign, 1755
7. Yorkers at Odds
8. Seven Years War, II: Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) Expedition and Canada Reduction Campaign, 1758-1760
9. Roads Less Traveled
10. Compass and Chain
11. Open Rebellion, 1774-1783
12. War of Independence, I: Henry Knox, 1775-1776
13. War of Independence, II: John Burgoyne, 1777
14. Toward War's End, 1777-1789
15. Knox Trail for the Automobile Age, 1920s
16. Re-enactors, 1942-2008
17. Roads Scholars: Search for the True Knox Trail, 2010
Appendices
A: Nathaniel Austin's 1764 Road Layout
B: Other Heritage Trails
C: Other Resources
D: Knox Commemoratives
Notes
Works Consulted
Index
