Yates History Walk returning Aug. 14
COURTESY OF YATES COUNTY HISTORY CENTER
A Walk Through Yates County History will return at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at Lakeview Cemetery, 424 Court St., Penn Yan.
Attendees will meet the mysterious Lady in Granite; gentleman farmer Robert Selden Rose; Mary Wagener Hanford, daughter of Abraham; suffragette Julia Shepard; and abolitionist Rhoda Ogden Bradley on their walk throughout the historic grounds.
The actors are volunteers known as the Dearly Departed Players. They interpret local history for the Yates County History Center, Penn Yan Public Library and other history groups around the county.
Attendees are asked to park in the municipal parking lot across from the Elm Street gate. Tickets are $10 each or $20 per family. The rain date is Aug. 21.