Ghosts of Fort Pierce Past Historic Walking Tour

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Description

Historical figures from Fort Pierce's past will tell their stories all throughout the downtown area. This annual living history tour is a fun way to learn about the people that settled in this area before the conveniences of air conditioning, mosquito control, and modern transportation.

Each Year, Main Street Fort Pierce organizes a cast of volunteer characters to play roles or to guide participants throughout downtown Fort Pierce to hear the stories of the past through four unique tours during this two-evening event.

Please note routes and characters are subject to change and participants should arrive 5-10 minutes before their scheduled tour. Tour start locations will be staggered along the routes - please watch your emails closely for your confirmation and assigned location. Each tour lasts approximately 1 hour and comfortable dress and shoes are recommended for the half-mile trek.

The first tour begins at 5:30 PM. Tours leave every 15 minutes after the first tour and the last tour leaves at 7:30 PM.

Wednesday, October 25th

EDGARTOWN TOUR
Check in: Main Street Office, 122 A.E. Backus Avenue, Fort Pierce, 34950

Stops include:

• Dr. & Mrs. Platts (rural doctor, 1st SLC Schools Superintendent, & entrepreneur)
• Zora Neale Hurston - Anthropologist & renowned author
• Edgartown founding families - Mrs. Lagow & Mrs. Bell
• Edgartown neighborhood happenings - the Comstocks
• Mose Metzger - Local fisherman
• Alfred Hair - Florida Highwaymen Artist
• Annie Hogg - Built 1st trading post in area (PP Cobb building)
• Henry Flagler & Harry Hill - Railroad tycoon and local photographer

WATERFRONT TOUR
Check in: Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church (Indian River Drive)

Stops include:

• St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Cora Stickney Harper and the Daughters of the American Revolution
• 1715 Fleet & Treasure Hunting
• Fort Pierce Hotel, Tyler Family
• WWII Frogmen Training
• Lt. Col. Benjamin Pierce & the Fort
• Governor Dan McCarty & his wife Olie
• Captain Bravo & the river steamboats
• Peter Cobb & Cobb's Store

Thursday, October 26th

NORTH 2nd STREET TOUR
Check in: Check-in: P.P. Cobb Building

Stops include:

• History of Fort Pierce Women's Club
• Mr. & Mrs. Charles McCarty - frontier family
• Ashley Gang
• Mr. & Mrs. Flagler & the East Coast Railroad
• Will Tucker & the Tarpon Saloon
• William Hatcher - Florida Land Boom Era architect
• Sheriff Dan Carlton & the downtown shootout
• Fee Family & Fort Pierce Bank Building

PEACOCK ARTS TOUR
Check in: First United Methodist Church (Avenue A Parking Lot just east of 7th Street)

Stops include:

• Daniel Knowles - Railroad engineer
• Fort Pierce 1st Methodist Church - Sanctuary tour
• Churches on Orange
• Mary Ann Carroll - Only female Highwaymen Artist
• Decades of memories - Arcade Building
• Adams Family - Florida Supreme Court Justice & Florida Cattle Ranching
• James Paine - Early postal carriers & historic Fort Pierce Post Office

SOUTH 2nd STREET TOUR
Check in: Check-in: Hoskins, Turco, Lloyd & Lloyd Law Firm

Stops include:

• Bill Jones & the Boston House
• Courthouse Stories
• Edwin & Alice Binney - creator of Crayola Crayons
• Doc Anna - Florida Pioneer Doctor
• A.E. Backus - Florida landscape artist & humanitarian
• Sunrise Theatre through the decades
• Sunrise Theatre auditorium ghost light
• Charles Miley - Long time local reporter

Who

Tours are geared toward an older audience but all ages are welcome

Cost

Each tour is $12 per person

How

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