Treaty Oak (New York City)
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The Treaty Oak, near Bartow Pell Mansion in Pelham Bay Park, in the New York City borough of the Bronx, died after a fire and was replaced. It is between the mansion and Shore Road. It is surrounded by an iron fence.
It was said that under this oak tree a treaty was signed between Thomas Pell and Chief Wampage selling Pell all land east of the Bronx River in what was then Westchester County, New York.[1]
The tree was toppled in a storm in March 1909.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Nadal, E.S. "The New Parks Of The City Of New York", Scribner's Magazine, April 1, 1892. Accessed September 6, 2008.
- ^ Staff. "BRONX BOOM TREE BLOWN DOWN", The Washington Post, April 25, 1909. Accessed September 6, 2008.
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