The Covered Wagon

The Covered Wagon is a Massachusetts historical marker in Hamilton, Essex County, dedicated 1930.

Route 1A and Farms Road, Hamilton · location approximate

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On December 3, 1787, the first covered wagon to leave Massachusetts for the West set forth from this spot arriving the next Spring in the Northwest Territory and founding Marietta, Ohio.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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Historical maps covering this location

1763 · A map of the most inhabited part of New England (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · Carte des environs de Boston, capitale de la Nlle. Angleterre en Amerique (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1795 · State of Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · State of Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Plan of Hamilton made by A. Brown, dated 1831 (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Carte des environs de Boston, capitale de la Nlle. Angleterre en Amerique, 1777, covering the location of The Covered Wagon, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carte des environs de Boston, capitale de la Nlle. Angleterre en Amerique, 1777, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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

The Covered Wagon

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