Voices From the Past this weekend in Aurora
May 23, 2018
A unique experience will take place on Saturday, May 26, from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora.
Members of the Aurora Historical Society and volunteers from the community, some wearing vintage clothing, will be located at a dozen various places throughout the cemetery, telling about the people buried there. They will be pointing out interesting and unusual gravestones, some from over a century ago and some from the recent past.
Feel free to walk or drive between the various stops on the self-guided cemetery tour. Look for the metal folding chair with a helium balloon attached to the back to identify the various locations on the tour. There will be a map available, but there is no required sequence for visiting the different sites. The event is free.
Some of the graves to be visited include: Stephen Elliott, founder of Aurora, for whom Elliott Avenue is named; Carr McNatt, first mayor of Aurora, for whom McNatt Avenue is named; Lewis Shaw Coleman, businessman whose home was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Isaac Vanburt McPherson, U.S. House of Representatives, 1919-1923; Dr. Omar Palmer, the “Wizard of Oto”, a miraculous herb healer; a soldier; a restaurant owner; a school teacher; an artist; a photographer; a “Modern Woodman”; and even two dogs.
For more information, call (417) 234-6826.
A unique experience will take place on Saturday, May 26, from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora.
Members of the Aurora Historical Society and volunteers from the community, some wearing vintage clothing, will be located at a dozen various places throughout the cemetery, telling about the people buried there. They will be pointing out interesting and unusual gravestones, some from over a century ago and some from the recent past.
Feel free to walk or drive between the various stops on the self-guided cemetery tour. Look for the metal folding chair with a helium balloon attached to the back to identify the various locations on the tour. There will be a map available, but there is no required sequence for visiting the different sites. The event is free.
Some of the graves to be visited include: Stephen Elliott, founder of Aurora, for whom Elliott Avenue is named; Carr McNatt, first mayor of Aurora, for whom McNatt Avenue is named; Lewis Shaw Coleman, businessman whose home was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Isaac Vanburt McPherson, U.S. House of Representatives, 1919-1923; Dr. Omar Palmer, the “Wizard of Oto”, a miraculous herb healer; a soldier; a restaurant owner; a school teacher; an artist; a photographer; a “Modern Woodman”; and even two dogs.
For more information, call (417) 234-6826.