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Thomas Hooker Trail

Worcester County · dedicated 1930 · Route 122 and Pullard Road, Grafton · location approximate

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Crossing the highway at this point is the Indian trail followed by the Reverend Thomas Hooker in 1636 when, with his invalid wife borne on a litter, he led a company of Massachusetts settlers to found Hartford, Connecticut.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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