Rolling Rock is a 140-ton boulder ("conglomerate stone") which sits at the corner of Eastern Ave and County St, and was deposited at its current location 10,000 years ago by a glacier (probably originating in nearby Dighton). The rock used to, well, rock, and legend has it that native people used to torture people by placing their limbs under the rock and rolling it over them. This sounds like bullshit to me, but what do I know. In any case, in the 1840s, a geologist was worried that nearby quarrying would disturb the stone, so he shimmied it to stabilize it (it no longer rocks. SO MANY ROCK PUNS) but at the turn of the 20th century, road-widening plans threatened it again, leading the city to preserve it in 1930.I mean, it's interesting and all, but we already have a state rock (Roxbury puddingstone) state mineral (babington) state gem (Rhodonite) state historical rock (plymouth rock) and state explorer rock (Dighton rock). Did we need a state glacial rock, too? I had a giant rock stuck in my shoe the other day. I'm going to write to Governor Patrick and have him declare it the official state blogger's shoe rock. OTHERWISE THE PAPER DOLLS SHALL HAVE WORDS WITH HIM. And no one wants that...
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