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Delaware County: Living History Cemetery Tour

June 23, 2012 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ten area residents will portray people from Middletown’s past in an unusual fundraising event to be held Saturday, June 30 by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM), Delaware County.

In the “Living History Tour of Margaretville Cemetery,” costumed portrayers will bring to life artists and farmers, lawyers and raftsmen, doctors and editors who now lie beneath the sod. Docents will lead visitors through the picturesque grounds to meet each subject and hear about their occupations, their lives and their loves.

The one-hour, evening tour, offered every 20 minutes between 6 and 8 p.m., begins with a welcome at the cemetery gate from Undertaker Charles Gorsch. Other subjects include J. Francis and Adah Murphy, founders of the Pakatakan Artists Colony in Arkville; farmer George Hendricks; doctor, legislator, editor and anti-war advocate Orson Allaben; famed outdoorsman and animal trainer Niles Fairbairn; legendary log raft steersman Erastus Clute; beloved Margaretville Hospital founder Dr. Gordon Maurer; and attorney Ward DeSilva and his milliner wife Maragaret, whose bright futures were cut short in the 1919 flu epidemic.

Tickets are $10; $5 for children aged 8-15. Rain date is July 1.

For more information on HSM events and activities, visit www.mtownhistory.org, or email history@catskill.net.

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