Area resident hosts fireside stories
Shown above is Tuesday night’s sunset as seen from Oak Hill Cemetery in Cassville. Photo by Sheila Harris.
October 20, 2021
Ezra DeVore
A campfire with ghost stories - who could want anything more for Halloween? Barry County resident Jean Hendricks will be hosting two more evenings of fireside stories, detailing the origin of Halloween, general ghost stories, as well as some Seligman history. Hendricks will also be talking about Momo the Monster, popularly dubbed “Missouri’s Bigfoot,” and the ethereal “spook-lights.”
Before her move to Barry County two years ago, Hendricks held similar events in her home town of Hanoverton, Ohio, for 14 years. There, she shared stories of the local historic Spread-Eagle Tavern and the town itself.
“It started with a little festival called Peddler Days,” Hendricks explained. “The bigger cities like Williamsburg and Gettysburg were getting into doing ghost story-telling and history together, so we tried it one time for our little festival. We had enough interest in it that we started doing it every Saturday night through June, July and August. Then, we added in October.”
Hendricks now brings this story-telling tradition to Barry County, to “try to make people more aware of their own backyard history.”
The two more evenings of History and Haunts will be Saturday, October 23, and Saturday, October 30, at 7:15 p.m. at Benny’s Barn at 29867 Highway 37, Seligman. The admission price is $5 each for ages 12 and older.
For further information, please call 330-420-5962 or visit hhltours.com.
Ezra DeVore
A campfire with ghost stories - who could want anything more for Halloween? Barry County resident Jean Hendricks will be hosting two more evenings of fireside stories, detailing the origin of Halloween, general ghost stories, as well as some Seligman history. Hendricks will also be talking about Momo the Monster, popularly dubbed “Missouri’s Bigfoot,” and the ethereal “spook-lights.”
Before her move to Barry County two years ago, Hendricks held similar events in her home town of Hanoverton, Ohio, for 14 years. There, she shared stories of the local historic Spread-Eagle Tavern and the town itself.
“It started with a little festival called Peddler Days,” Hendricks explained. “The bigger cities like Williamsburg and Gettysburg were getting into doing ghost story-telling and history together, so we tried it one time for our little festival. We had enough interest in it that we started doing it every Saturday night through June, July and August. Then, we added in October.”
Hendricks now brings this story-telling tradition to Barry County, to “try to make people more aware of their own backyard history.”
The two more evenings of History and Haunts will be Saturday, October 23, and Saturday, October 30, at 7:15 p.m. at Benny’s Barn at 29867 Highway 37, Seligman. The admission price is $5 each for ages 12 and older.
For further information, please call 330-420-5962 or visit hhltours.com.
