Redemption Rock

Redemption Rock IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
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location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	1000 m²
Geographical location	42 ° 30 '  N , 71 ° 52'  W Coordinates: 42 ° 30 '24 "  N , 71 ° 52' 11"  W
Setup date	1953
administration	The Trustees of Reservations

The Redemption Rock ( German  rock of redemption ) is a granite rock near Princeton in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . It is located in the smallest nature reserve of the organization The Trustees of Reservations with only 1000 m² .

history

The rock is a historic site in US history and was primarily therefore set up as a protected area. During the King Philip's War , Mary Rowlandson was kidnapped on February 10, 1676 by Indians in a raid on Lancaster . The aim of the action was to use Rowlandson as leverage to get the expanding colonists to retreat. She was one of a total of around 20 prisoners who were dragged off into the wilderness by the Indians until, after several changes of location, they met their leader Metacomet , who was called King Philip by the English . Rowlandson's knowledge of tailoring gave her some reputation with the Indians, and she was even hired to make a shirt for Metacomet. Therefore, she was always treated well in her captivity. In April 1676 she was finally freed as part of a transfer previously negotiated by John Hoar; the site of the release was the rock now known as Redemption Rock. Mary Rowlandson published her story in 1679 in the book " The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson ", which was reprinted in 1997 by Neal Salisbury under the title "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God".

In 1889 the US Senator George Frisbie Hoar , founding member and first President of the Trustees of Reservations, acquired the property. His heirs donated it to the organization in 1953.

Protected area

Due to its small size, the reserve itself does not have its own trails, but is directly connected to the 92  mi (148.1  km ) long long-distance hiking trail Mid-State Trail .

See also

• List of protected areas of the Trustees of Reservations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} About Redemption Rock. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed June 1, 2014 . 
2. ^ Property History. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed June 1, 2014 . 

Web links

• Redemption Rock in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
• Redemption Rock on TripAdvisor