Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past - Historic Walking Tours
Schedule
Wed Oct 23 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Downtown Fort Pierce | Fort Pierce, FL
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Join us for the amazing "GHOSTS OF FORT PIERCE PAST - HISTORIC WALKING TOURS". Come learn some history about our beautiful city while walking through its "haunted streets" with tour guides and "ghosts".Tours are OCTOBER 23 & OCTOBER 24, 2024, every 15 minutes starting at 5:30 PM through 7:30 PM.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
WATERFRONT TOUR - Check-In: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Indian River Drive)
1. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Cora Stickney Harper and the Daughters of the American Revolution
2. 1715 Fleet & Treasure Hunting
3. Fort Pierce Hotel, Tyler Family
4. WWII Frogmen Training
5. Lt. Col. Benjamin Pierce & the Fort
6. Mr. & Mrs. Charles McCarty - frontier family
7. Captain Bravo & the river steamboats
8. Peter Cobb & Cobb's Store
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
EDGARTOWN TOUR - Check-in: Main Street Office, 122 A.E. Backus Avenue, Fort Pierce 34950
1. Dr. & Mrs. Platts (rural doctor, 1st SLC Schools Superintendent, & entrepreneur)
2. Zora Neale Hurston - Anthropologist & renowned author
3. Edgartown founding families - Mrs. Lagow & Mrs. Bell
4. Edgartown neighborhood happenings - the Comstocks
5. Mose Metzger - Local fisherman
6. Alfred Hair - Florida Highwaymen Artist
7. Annie Hogg - Built 1st trading post in area (PP Cobb building)
8. Henry Flagler & Harry Hill - Railroad tycoon and local photographer
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
PEACOCK ARTS TOUR - Check-in: First United Methodist Church (Avenue A Parking Lot just east of 7th Street)
1. Daniel Knowles - Railroad engineer
2. Fort Pierce 1st Methodist Church - Sanctuary tour
3. Churches on Orange
4. Mary Ann Carroll - Only female Highwaymen Artist
5. Decades of memories - Arcade Building
6. James Paine - Early postal carriers & historic Fort Pierce Post Office
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
NORTH 2ND STREET TOUR - Check-in: P.P. Cobb Building
1. History of Fort Pierce Women's Club
2. Adams Family - Florida Supreme Court Justice & Florida Cattle Ranching
3. Ashley Gang
4. Mr. & Mrs. Flagler & the East Coast Railroad
5. Will Tucker & the Tarpon Saloon
6. William Hatcher - Florida Land Boom Era architect
7. Sheriff Dan Carlton & the downtown shootout
8. Fee Family & Fort Pierce Bank Building
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
SOUTH 2ND STREET TOUR - Check-in: Hoskins, Turco, Lloyd & Lloyd Law Firm
1. Governor Dan McCarty & his wife Olie
2. Bill Jones & the Boston House
3. Courthouse Stories
4. Edwin & Alice Binney - creator of Crayola Crayons
5. Doc Anna - Florida Pioneer Doctor
6. A.E. Backus - Florida landscape artist & humanitarian
7. Sunrise Theatre through the decades
8. Sunrise Theatre auditorium ghost light
Thank you to our sponsors: Fort Pierce Yacht Club, Fee, Yates & Fee PCCL, and Hoskins, Turco, Lloyd & Lloyd, Saint Lucie Historical Society.
This is a fundraiser for Main Street Fort Pierce, Inc., a 501© not-for-profit organization. The cost per person is $15. These tours are history tours geared toward an adult audience but all ages are welcome.
Registration is required. This is a rain or shine event.
*Tours and/or characters are subject to change
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Where is it happening?
Downtown Fort Pierce, 150 N Indian River Dr, Fort Pierce, FL 34950, United States,Fort Pierce, FloridaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
