{"id":82909,"date":"2024-10-28T15:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=82909"},"modified":"2024-10-28T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:07:28","slug":"photos-historic-fort-hays-hosts-frontier-fall-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=82909","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Historic Fort Hays hosts “Frontier Fall Celebration”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By RAEGAN NEUFELD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Historic Fort Hays Frontier Fall Celebration began with a presentation about Halloween, ghost stories of Hays, wagon rides, live music and pumpkin decorating on Saturday afternoon and ended with haunted tours in the evening.
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In past years, the Fort Hays State Historic Site has hosted Graveside Conversations at the site of the fort\u2019s old cemetery. \u201cNow, we focus on the buildings we have right now and put \u201cghosts\u201d in those and we\u2019re hoping to expand it a little bit more in the future,\u201d site administrator Adam Conkey said.

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The ghost of Nettie Baldwin (Michelle English) welcomes visitors to the haunted tour.
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\u201cThis is like Christmas Past, but also it\u2019s not because you get to have more of a one-on-one with the volunteers out here,\u201d Conkey said. \u201cIt feels a lot more like living history; you get to talk to them and hear their stories.\u201d
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Volunteers with the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays and Hays Community Theatre portrayed \u201cghosts\u201d of people associated with the fort on the haunted tour.
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Codi Fenwick speaks to visitors as the ghost of Ann \u201cWild Annie\u201d Powers.
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Headstones show the names of two cavalrymen who were shot and killed in town.
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Paul English portrays the ghost of Hill P. Wilson, the post trader of the fort.
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The ghost of Peter Welsh (John Allen) tells visitors the story of how he died.

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The ghost of George Clark (Thomas DiVittore) recounts his death, which was caused by rabies after being bitten by a wolf.
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Marla Matkin portrays Elizabeth Polly, a nurse who cared for soldiers at the fort during a cholera outbreak before dying of the disease herself.
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\u201cI would encourage people to come out and see a different side of the fort, especially in the fall,\u201d Conkey said. \u201cThis year, we had really great fall colors and the leaves haven\u2019t blown off the trees yet.\u201d
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