Steerage Rock

Historical marker location:

Brimfield, Massachusetts

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Warren Road (Massachusetts Route 19) on U.S. 20.)

Marker installed: 1930

1630 - 1930.

In 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred, where American colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation.