Split Rock Golf Club
Split Rock is a large
spherical granite boulder measuring approximately 25 feet across and
located in the borough of
The
Bronx
in New York
City
, at the southeast corner of the New England Thruway and the Hutchinson River Parkway near the
border of the Bronx and Westchester County
and the village of Pelham
Manor
.
In addition to its imposing size, it has historical significance as
it is the location where in 1643,
Anne
Hutchinson and her followers were massacred by Native Americans
of the
Siwanoy Tribe.
It is possible that
Hutchinson's group was mistaken for Dutch
colonists
who were enemies of the Siwanoy. According to her son, Anne
Hutchinson attempted to hide in this crevice during the
attack.
The rock
itself is located in the confines of Pelham Bay Park
, and appears to be a glacial erratic that may have originated as
far north as Canada
. It
derives its name from a large crevice dividing the stone into two
half domes.
The boulder is of enough historic importance that in the 1950s
officials were persuaded by the Bronx Historical Society to move
the planned
Interstate 95
New York State Thruway a few feet north to save Split Rock from
being dynamited. It was saved by Dr.
Theodore Kazimiroff, the society's
co-founder.
Today the Split Rock may be in danger of falling off a man-made
cliff onto the Hutchinson River Parkway 30 feet below .
The nearby Split Rock Golf Course was named after it, and a nearby
street in Pelham Manor, Split Rock Drive, is north of it.
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