During the winter of 1776, in one of the most incredible 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. In the process, it reveals the deeper story of the colonial fur trade, Indian raids, early settlers, taverns, militia movements during the French and Indian Wars, and General Jeffery Amherst's ""Pioneers,"" who widened the forest path for their march into New York colony in 1758, and for Knox's reverse trip nearly two decades later. By recounting the growth of this important but under appreciated thoroughfare, this study offers critical insight into a vital Revolutionary supply route.
- ISBN10 6613448745
- ISBN13 9786613448743
- Publish Date 17 February 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 May 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Not Avail
- Format eBook
- Pages 349
- Language English