-- From the Classroom --
BLACK ROCK HIKE
Reveals Our Area's Hidden Past
Storm King Honors US History students traveled back in time and into Black Rock Forest to learn about the history of an abandoned village that once occupied parts of Storm King Mountain and shared the same name with our school. On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 12 students and their teachers accompanied Black Rock Forest Historian John Brady on a “History Hike” to delve into the past of the settlement called Cornwall Heights. The group departed campus just before lunchtime to walk under the tunnel and up to Black Rock’s first reservoir where they met Mr. Brady. Three remote students were also sent pictures and videos and helped to prepare questions for Mr. Brady
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before the hike. During their three-hour trek, the students examined artifacts scattered in the forest that were proof a small, vibrant community existed there before it was forcibly abandoned in the 1930s to make room for what is today’s Route 9W. Artifacts left behind included horseshoes, parts of wagon wheels, tools, and a broken cannonball. Mr. Brady
