Here, in what would later become Inwood Hill Park, a large tulip tree grew 165 feet tall with a 20-foot circumference. The tulip tree stood in this spot for more than 200 years. It was a popular location for outings and picnics for the local community. The tree remained the same for two centuries as development and progress changed the nearby land and waterways. Despite many tree surgeries, repairs, and barriers, the nearly dead tree was finally felled by a storm in 1938.

The large boulder that currently occupies this site, called Shorakkopoch Rock, includes a plaque that notes both the aforementioned botanical history as well as the site' earlier— if perhaps apocryphal— history. Namely, that in 1626 Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the local tribe "for trinkets and bead then worth about 60 guilders" at this very spot.