Crook County Library hosts Beulah cemetery walk

The Beulah Cemetery will be the location of the library’s last cemetery walk of the season on Thursday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Cemetery walks are a great way to learn more about the history of Crook County and share the stories of our early residents. During the course of the evening we will “visit” a number of “residents” of the cemetery, relate their biographies and share stories or memories about them – at Beulah we will “meet” Hans and Theresa Tauck, Charles and Mary Kokesh, Robert and Jane Gunn, Adam and Carrie Giltner, Lucretia Marchbanks, Johann Peter “Bear Paw Pete” Guidinger and more.

They represent a mixed bag of nationalities, backgrounds and professions – Germans, Bohemians, Danes and Canadians, all arriving in the United States in search of a better life. Civil War veteran, former slave, saloon keeper, miner – they fought Indians, wolves, rough terrain and harsh weather, epidemics. Some have no descendants in Crook County, some left a legacy of ancestors who continue living here today.

The cemetery walks are open to all and free – an enjoyable way to spend a summer evening – simply meet at the cemetery at 6:30 p.m. For more information please contact Jill Mackey at 283-1008 or email [email protected].