Cemetery Tour at the Woodland City Cemetery on September 6th from 10:00am until 1pm.
Who hasn’t wondered about the people buried below as you walk through a cemetery. On Saturday, September 6,2008, as part of Stroll Through History, Woodland’s Historic City Cemetery on West Street, will “come alive” with costumed characters portraying former heroes, pioneers, politicians everyday citizens and even a few scoundrels. Many of the permanent “residents” will be telling the public how they lived and died in the newly formed City of Trees in the late 1800’s and into the first half of the 1900’s. You will “meet” Frank and Gertrude Freeman, the founding couple of Woodland, talk with Mary Frances Gaither, a nurse and midwife, hear the history of the Wohlfrom family (right outside their mausoleum), meet the very first person buried in the cemetery, learn about the Chinese as they made their way to “Gold Mountain” and many, many more whose remains are at this cemetery. You will leave with an intimate sense of what life was really like for those living not that long ago. So come join us at the City Cemetery on Saturday, September 6th from 10:00am until 1pm and “meet” the special characters that you will find there.