According to legend it was on this date in 1626 that Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from the Lenape people who inhabited the island. The sale took place under a tulip tree in what is now Inwood Hill Park. The tulip tree fell in 1938. In its place is this glacial erratic and plaque.
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06 May 2012
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