Indian Council Fires

Indian Council Fires is a Massachusetts historical marker in Northfield, Franklin County, dedicated 1930.

Route 63, Northfield · location approximate

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Two hundred and fifty yards eastward are the sites of three large Indian council fires. The Beers Massacre of September 4, 1675, took place in a gorge one-quarter mile to the northeast.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1677 · A map of New England (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Massachusetts (Lucas, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Massachusetts (Lucas, 1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Massachusetts. Atlas Plate No. 19. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · Map of the electric railways of the state of Massachusetts (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

A map of New England, 1677, covering the location of Indian Council Fires, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A map of New England, 1677, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Indian Council Fires

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