BLOG Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) The Golden Rock In the third episode of our blog series about the Dutch island of St. Eustatius, nicknamed ‘The Golden Rock’, we learn how the conquest of St. Eustatius by the British ended the American War of Independence, but not in the way they had envisioned.