Events and Activities : Center Point Cemetery Walk, Aug. 26

Center Point, as far as we know, doesn’t have “Confederates in the Attic” (title of a 1998 book by Tony Horwitz). But it turns out we have a Confederate in our cemetery. His story will be among those told in the Center Point Historical Society’s 8th annual Cemetery Walk on Sunday Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. Cemetery Walkers will also visit with Rich Ring, prominent farmer and Civil War veteran—on the winning side—who came here in the 1850s. He will be portrayed by Center Point City Council member John Stuelke, who used to live in the “Ring Mansion.” Other subjects include Ben and Ella Strait, last people to live in the historic Strait Log Cabin recently moved to the Depot Museum grounds; educator and world-traveler Dr. Bessie McNiel, born in 1902, portrayed by her great-niece; Vernon Heverly, WWI soldier who died in the Spanish flu epidemic; and Dr. Francis Marion Yost, who came to Center Point in the 1850s and practiced medicine here for more than 60 years. He and his wife will be portrayed by Drs. Philip and DeEtta Andersen, dentist and educator. Cemetery Walk admission is $5. In case of rain it will be at the Depot Museum with projected photos of the grave sites.