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Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past Historic Walking Tour

If you think this is just another ghost tour...you're dead wrong.

October 24, 2014
Stroll with the Spirits through the darkness. Our guides will light the way with their lantern through the ancient, strange and unusual tales of centuries past, legendary stories, folk lore and ghostly experiences.

Join Main Street Fort Pierce for a memorable, leisurely walk into the ghosts of Fort Pierce past during the Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past Historic Walking Tour on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. You will never be sure who, or what, might be waiting around the next corner or lurking in the shadows. Don’t miss your chance to hear the many secrets of Downtown Fort Pierce and the stories of the people who made our town great. You will encounter live characters at every stop! Actors will disclose the history of buildings and the evidence of  a “ghostly presence.”

3 Different Tours - North, South, & Edgartown - The first tours leave at 5:30 pm with tours leaving every 15 minutes. The last tours leave at 7:30 pm. Each tour includes 8 historic stops. Tours will last approximately 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

North Tour: Fee’s Hardware & Mortuary, Ashley Gang, the explosion  of cannons detonated by a platoon of soldiers from the Old Fort Pierce, Henry Flagler and the “Night Train”; Annie Hogg, Ms. Elizabeth Palmer, Alfred Hair, Zora Neale Hurston and a visit to Historic City Hall.

South Tour: Sunrise Theatre with Mom & Pop Koblegard, Sun Trust Building, an authentic blacksmith, Mr. Miley, reporter and editor for the Fort Pierce News; Mr. Klopp, the courthouse architect who was crushed by a 5-ton safe; Mr. Carlton, the historic Fort Pierce Hotel and Boston House.

Edgartown Tour: Tales of "Beanie" Backus and Mrs. Clara Platts at the Platts/Backus House, Mrs. McCarty, grandmother of Dan McCarty, Mrs. Compstock, the gossip of Edgartown, a fisherman, Mrs. Emily Bell Edgartown post office mistress, Annie Hogg at her residence, and Mr. Hill the bee keeper and photographer.

Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past Historic Walking Tour
  • Date:  Wednesday, October 29, 2014
  • Cost: $5.00 per person donation for the tour, children under 5 are free
  • Registration Check In:
    • North & South Tour leaves from the City Hall Plaza (between the parking garage & City Hall building) on Orange Avenue in Downtown Fort Pierce. (Free parking in the City parking garage). 
    • Edgartown Tour leaves from the Platts/Backus House at the corner of Avenue C & 2nd Street (Free parking at the corner of Avenue C and Indian River Drive.
Reservations are required! Space is limited!

Please call Main Street Fort Pierce at 772-466-3880 to set up your time of departure and your choice of tours. We suggest you arrive 15 minutes before your Tour. Wear comfortable walking shoes. Tour size is limited to ensure a high quality experience.

The Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past Historic Walking Tour is fun for the entire family.

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