Waking the Dead: Historical Tours

Watch history come alive during the 13th Annual Waking the Dead tours! Ten graves will be visited as storytellers present the story of those buried there.

This educational event is scheduled on the Sunday afternoon closest to the birthday of Great Falls Founder Paris Gibson. This July 1 marks his 193rd birthday.

Tour tickets are $20 to ride, $15 to walk and are available at Kaufmans Menswear, 415 Central Ave. Great Falls MT starting June 1.

Cars will park in the field inside the cemetery gate where three trailers and trucks will be waiting to be loaded. At the conclusion of the tours, participants will receive a booklet with photos and the featured grave stories provide by Croxford Funeral Home & amp; Crematory.