 Euro-Americans did not share many of the taboos of their Native predecessors, and treated Arch Rock as a curiosity to be admired.One early chronicler was Alexis de Tocqueville who wrote of the "Giant's Arch" "of extraordinary shape" during his visit in August, 1831.Its presence was a major element in the decisions to create Mackinac National Park in 1875 and its successor, Mackinac Island State Park, in 1895.