Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School fifth graders enjoyed a field trip on June 3 filled with history and artifacts right down the road from the school. 

The visit to the historic Hallock House was part of an ongoing partnership between the school district and the Rocky Point Historical Society, spearheaded by Ken Krapf, retired JAE teacher and Historical Society board member. 
 
The house, built in 1721, has rooms filled with artifacts and archival photographs of Rocky Point’s unique history including the Farm Room, the one-room schoolhouse, and the Radio History Room featuring the RCA Radio Central Transmitting Station and the 1902 Marconi wireless building. The building was home to numerous generations of the Hallock family, who at one time owned much of the land in Rocky Point.
 
Displays also feature furniture and artifacts which originated in the house and early families who settled in Rocky Point. The Farm Room displays early tools and equipment from Rocky Point’s early farms and dairies. Exhibits illustrate vintage photographs, household items and an art gallery. Outside, the students explored the Rain Garden and Butterfly Pollinator Garden as well as sandstone blocks from the former Long Island Railroad bridge over Hallock Landing Road.