Trap Plain Common - Greenfield, MA
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neoc1
N 42° 36.392 W 072° 35.307
18T E 697815 N 4719941
The Greenfield Kiwanis Club has erected a historical marker with the history of the Trap Plain Common between Bernardston Road, Silver Street, and Long Farm Terrace in Greenfield, MA
Waymark Code: WMWFFM
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2017
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What appears to be an unexceptional traffic triangle in reality was once the center of Greenfield, MA. A historical marker placed by the Greenfield Kiwanis Club describes the history of the area.
The historical marker is inscribed:
TRAP PLAIN COMMON
{Seal of the Town of Greenfield 1753}
ORIGINAL CENTER OF GREENFIELD &
SITE OF FIRST MEETINGHOUSE, 1760
1831. SOLDIERS MUSTERED HERE
FOR REVOLUTIONARY WAR AREA
NAMED FOR JAMES CORSE WHO
TRAPPED WOLVES HERE.
SIGN DONATED BY GREENFIELD KIWANIS CLUB