They told stories about many trips west, the gold rush, the building of the railroad, and about Halsted's career as a Lowell businessman.Īt the corner of Mill St. It was Melvin Halsted (founder of Lowell) and his wife Martha, played by Kenneth Childress and Bette Lunn. The group walked a few hundred feet further to see a fine looking couple standing in front of their brick house, near a buggy. It was also where the second grist mill was built in 1867, a large three story building, built first as a woolen mill. Then came the area at the bridge on Main St., the site of the dam which held the water to make the early mill pond, the site of an early saw mill.

from Liberty Park, where they were told how Cedar Creek once ran a crooked course through the east side of what is now the park. The guide and tour group began the walk east on Main St. Crabb's daughter, Jessica, came along as a member of the Nichol's family. Horatio Nichols (whose original cabin was near the present Lowell Post Office).īecky Crabb and Dick Schmal led some of the tours, while Ray McIntire and Tove Roe led the others. Two couples led the groups, both of them portraying pioneers Mr. The tours started at the picnic shelter at Liberty Park, where the tourists met the official greeters, Helen McIntire, Dorothy Sorenson and Earl Little.

Tour guides dressed in period costumes led groups of spectators around the route, as costumed actors appeared at historical sites, taking on the roles of pioneers and early settlers. It was the day when the Three Creeks Historical Association sponsored a Historical Walking Tour in the Town of Lowell. June 18, 1983, was a day when many of the 'Ghosts' of local pioneers returned to the area. (from the July 27, 1994, Lowell Tribune, page 7) The Ghosts of the Pioneers Returned in 1983

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