Final Installment Of 2024 Lanterns & Tombstones Columbia City Cemetery Tour Set For Friday, September 6th

The final installment of the Lanterns & Tombstones Tour for the year 2024 will take place this Friday, September 6th at 7:00 p.m. Central Time.

Mike Watson and Dave Thomas lead a guided tour through the historic cemetery on the first Friday evening of each month, April through September.

A brief history of the cemetery is given and each tour visits different residents of the Silent City, which dates to about 1810. Come out to the last tour of the season.

We will also be giving information on the Annual Silent City Tour that will feature several presenters scattered through the cemetery that will take place on Monday, October 14th.

Also the “Shot, Stabbed, Hanged & More” Tour of the Columbia Public Square scheduled for October 25th, 2024.

Sponsored by Adair Heritage Association, Adair County Genealogical Society, Adair County Public Library, Adair County-Columbia Tourism.

Information: adairgenealogy@gmail or Adair County Genealogy Face Book page or 270-380-1024.

(Michael C. Watson – Adair County Genealogical Society)