 Starting
at Greenfield's west end at the I-91 Rotary, this well-traveled highway marks a
10,000 year-old-trading highway by Native Americans and early settlers
transporting goods from the Albany, NY area to the Connecticut River Valley and
later from the Atlantic Ocean to the Midwest.
In the 1920's, the Mohawk Trail (Route 2) was built
especially as a "scenic highway". It traverses the Taconic and
Berkshire Mountains which draw a steady stream of visitors especially during the
gorgeous foliage season. Its twists and turns provide continual views of the
odd conical hills around it and remnants from the 1950's motel and souvenir
shop boom still can be seen along the trail today. |
