New York State Office of the State Historian Knox Trail Historical Marker Files 22354

New York State Office of the State Historian Knox Trail Historical Marker Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

The markers documented in this series were created by a special initiative to commemorate the route that General Henry Knox used to conduct an artillery train and supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. Record types include applications, articles, correspondence, and other records concerning the Knox Trail markers.

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the State Historian

Title:

Knox Trail historical marker files

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1926, 1952-2004

Series Number:

22354

Administrative History

In 1926, as part of the one hundred and fiftieth celebration of the American Revolution, a committee was established to identify the route that General Henry Knox used to conduct an artillery train and supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. The committee also made recommendations on marking the route. As a result, thirty granite markers with a bronze tablet and identical pattern were purchased by the state and installed at intervals of a few miles from Fort Ticonderoga to Hillsdale. Additional markers were erected in Massachusetts to complete the route.

Scope and Content Note

The markers documented in this series were created by a special initiative to commemorate the route that General Henry Knox used to conduct an artillery train and supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776, and are distinct from the bronze markers placed by the New York State Education Department mostly from circa 1926-1939 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution (series 11890). Record types include applications, articles, correspondence, and other records concerning the Knox Trail markers.

Related Material

11890 Historic sites bronze marker file, documents approximately 2,800 bronze markers placed by the Education Department ca. 1926-1939 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution, which are not documented in this series.