Cemetery Tours Set at Grey Towers in Milford, Pa.

MILFORD, PA - Regional historian Peter Osborne will conduct a tour of the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford’s original town graveyard, located on the grounds of Grey Towers National Historic Site, 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, PA, on Halloween, Sunday, Oct 31, 2010, at 1:30 p.m.

Participants should meet in the Visitor Pavilion in the parking lot and wear comfortable shoes for the short hike to the cemetery. The cemetery tour, co-sponsored by the Grey Towers Heritage Association and the US Forest Service, is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is recommended.  
Laurel Hill Cemetery served as the original town graveyard until the Milford Cemetery on Route 209 was established. Osborne will share information about some of the cemetery’s most well-known inhabitants, including members of the Pinchot family, during this program. He also will explain the significance of the artwork on the headstones and grave markers.
The US Forest Service, which administers Grey Towers, has undertaken some rehabilitation projects to improve the cemetery and make it safer and more easily accessed by the public. A brochure provides a self-guided interpretive experience and volunteers currently are being recruited for increased care of the cemetery. The Pike County Historic Preservation Trust provided the cemetery sign so that it conforms with other historic cemeteries in the county.
For more information call 570-296-9630 or email  greytowers@fs.fed.us