photos courtesy of Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Glen Rock NJ, according to the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society, work has begun…they have secured a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities to clean and preserve our Rock!! Some work began this morning and the Society identified the survey marker used in the 1709 Ramapo Tract where the Rock was a dividing line. According to a Ramapo College history timeline, in 1720 there were only 60 people of Dutch/European descent living in all of Bergen County.
The 570-ton boulder was called Pamackapuka, by the Lenape Native Americans and was used as a trail marker as well as a place to build signal fires. Pammackapuka translated means “stone from heaven” or “stone from the sky”.
The rock is believed to have been carried to the site by a glacier that picked up the rock 15,000 years ago near Peekskill, New York, and carried it for 20 miles (32 km) to its present location.
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Silly…
so what’s the cost
It’s cool.
Preserving historical sites and artifacts is crucial for maintaining a connection to our heritage and understanding the development of communities over time.
… and spending Tax Dollars on pork barrel projects