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April 2015
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Cemetery tour brings history to life
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By Laurel Robertson
f Tombstones Could Talk - a Walking Tour of Fitzhugh Cemetery, brings real historic characters to life at their actual gravesites in Fitzhugh Cemetery. The family-friendly tour on April 11 features a cast of skilled actors portraying late-19th and early-20th century Dripping Springs pioneers telling about their life and times. Professional costumes, antique props and set pieces add authenticity to the performances. Produced and directed by Heritage Circle, an auxillary of the Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead, the tour takes place at Fitzhugh Cemetery on Crumley Ranch Road, just north of Dripping Springs. To give the production historical accuracy, Heritage Circle historians Marie Bassett and Janie Botkin researched the lives of local ranchers,farmers, early settlers, Civil War soldiers and others who
made up the backbone of the early Dripping Springs community. Several of the nine historic characters they selected to portray have names preserved in the geography of the area: Crumley, Bonham, Reimer, and Cave. All nine were people who lives affected the social, political and cultural way life in the early Hill Country settlement. Fitzhugh Community began as a stop on the cattle drive trail between Austin and Fredericksburg. Originally called Barton Creek community, it was renamed in 1898 by the postmistress in recognition of nearby Fitzhugh Creek. Most graves in the cemetery date from the early 1900s; some of earlier origin were relocated to Fitzhugh Cemetery from the Spicewood area when Mansfield Dam was constructed in the 1930s. Lisa Chaffin, Heritage Circle ProSee IF TOMBSTONES COULD TALK, page 2
Steve and Lyn von Roeder portray Robert E. Lee and Othaway Davidson at Phillips Cemetery Tour in 2014. Photo courtesy Heritage Circle.
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