walk among the dead
If you’re not too hung over from Guavaween and would enjoy learning a bit of Tampa history, you have an excellent opportunity this Sunday to join a Gothic Graveyard Walk. On October 30 at 4pm you can walk with a guided one hour tour through the historic Oaklawn Cemetary in downtown Tampa.
Oaklawn is Tampa’s first public cemetery, founded April 1, 1850 at 100 Morgan St. The first mayor of Tampa is buried there. If you had died back then, the burial fee was 2 1/2 cents per sq. ft. on top of a $5 interment charge. Dying costs alot more nowadays. Over 1,000 graves at the cemetary were officially declared “historic” in 1976.
The informational and humorous tour is guided by Maureen Patrick, a lively historian-actor complete with period clothing. Admission for the event is $5 and benefits the Tampa Historical Society. For more information please call (813) 831-5214 or email info@historicalguides.com
Tags: cheap, history, tampa
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April 8th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
This sounds really cool. Please let me know if you will be doing the tour again this year!
June 3rd, 2006 at 12:50 pm
Over 50 years in the funeral home business. Even to this day I still stop and walk around to read old headstones..
Check out Rose Hill,Orange Hill,Myrtle Hill
Thonotosassa is also interresting.. It’s a shame that most of these old places don’t have the funds to keep them up.. They’re nice places to visit but don’t want to live there just yet.. We have some good ones, if you want to call it that, out in here Arizona.. “Boot Hill in Tombstone”