OPTIONAL: Field Investigation
Are you interested in visiting the location of the Hunt Family burying ground, or, as you know now, cemetery! Today we know that the cemetery is part of the Joseph Rodman Drake Park. You can learn a lot "out in the field" that you can't learn from documents alone. So, let's go explore the area. Let's use the information we have discovered so far. Then, we will discover some more information.
Use this Field Experience Data Gathering Worksheet to help you. TIP: Use this image of the sign from NYC Parks to orient yourself today with how the area looked long ago. It should help you discover where Hunts Point Road used to be located.
Use this Field Experience Data Gathering Worksheet to help you. TIP: Use this image of the sign from NYC Parks to orient yourself today with how the area looked long ago. It should help you discover where Hunts Point Road used to be located.