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11/02/2025

Our spirits came alive last night — and they’re not done yet!

You’ve got two more chances to hear their stories:
🎭 Today at 2 p.m. at Main Street Theatre
🕯️ Tonight at 6:45 p.m. at the Port Lavaca Cemetery

You gained an hour today… why not spend it supporting local history and the amazing storytellers bringing Calhoun County’s past to life? ⏰

🎟️ Tickets $20 | Available at www.plmst.org/cemeterytour or at the gate.

*Tonight, please enter and park through the south entrance of the cemetery, where event parking and tour check-in will be located.

11/01/2025

🌧️ We’ve traded the tombstones for theater seats tonight! 🎭

For everyone’s comfort and safety, we’ve moved tonight’s Cemetery Tour indoors to the Main Street Theatre 315 E. Main St. at 6:45 p.m.

🎭 Bonus: Your ticket gets you both nights! Join us tonight theatre and again Sunday at the cemetery – — or choose one or the other… we’re easy!

You’ll still meet the same spirited characters — just in slightly drier surroundings. 😉

🎟️ $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

Tickets also available at the door.

Thanks for understanding — and for helping us keep the spirits (and everyone else) safe and dry! ☔

11/01/2025

💌 Meet the Spirit: Miss Olivia Cherry
Portrayed by Tania French

💬 “Some stories never end — they just wait for us to listen again.”

Miss Olivia Cherry lived more than a century ago, her voice preserved in tender letters filled with love, humor, and heart. Those writings inspired The Miss Olivia Letters – Continued series, where her reflections find new life.

This year, Miss Olivia steps out of history and onto the cemetery paths — her words bridging the past and present, reminding us that time may pass, but the human spirit endures.

🗓️ Nov 1–2 • 6:45 p.m. • Port Lavaca Cemetery
🎭 Indoor Matinée • Nov 2 • 2 p.m. • Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre
🎟️ Tickets $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

Tickets will also be available at the gate!
You can purchase tickets on-site before each tour — cash or check accepted.

*Please enter and park through the South Street entrance of the cemetery, where event parking and tour check-in will be located. Flashlights are welcomed to help light your way through history.

11/01/2025

🤠 Meet the Spirit: Sheriff James Preston Fulkerson
Portrayed by Bobbie Vickery

💬 “In a time before lawmen had badges or jails, one man stood for order in the Wild West.”

Before Port Lavaca had a courthouse, it had Sheriff James Preston Fulkerson — a man who brought justice to a frontier town finding its footing.
In 1852, he gave his life while keeping the peace, becoming the county’s first lawman to die in the line of duty. His bravery was remembered in newspapers from Texas to Boston — a true testament to how deeply his loss was felt.
His story reminds us that every community’s peace was once won by those willing to stand between danger and the people they swore to protect. Join us to hear story and more. Tickets also available at the gate.

🗓️ Nov 1–2 • 6:45 p.m. • Port Lavaca Cemetery
🎭 Indoor Matinée • Nov 2 • 2 p.m. • Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre
🎟️ Tickets $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

11/01/2025

⚖️ Meet the Spirit: Judge Howard Gallemore Hartzog, Sr.
Portrayed by Ronny Best

💬 “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” — Mother Teresa

Few men embodied those words like Judge Howard G. Hartzog — a true “stone caster” whose ripples still shape Calhoun County today.

Visionary, determined, and deeply devoted to his community, Judge Hartzog’s influence can still be seen in the roads we travel, the seawalls that protect us, and the county he loved.

🗓️ Nov 1–2 • 6:45 p.m. • Port Lavaca Cemetery
🎭 Indoor Matinée • Nov 2 • 2 p.m. • Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre
🎟️ Tickets $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

🎟️ Tickets will also be available at the gate!
You can purchase tickets on-site before each tour — cash or check accepted.

*Please enter and park through the south entrance of the cemetery, where event parking and tour check-in will be located. Flashlights are welcomed to help light your way through history.

10/28/2025

🌬️ Meet the Spirit: Miss Grace Bierman
Portrayed by Katie Moody

💬 “The pavilion has disappeared…”
Born in 1895, Grace Bierman grew up in the music and sunshine of Port Lavaca’s early days — a pianist, teacher, and beloved young woman whose life was as graceful as her name.
On September 14, 1919, as a powerful hurricane tore across the Texas coast, Grace watched through her front door as the “New Pavilion” — her favorite seaside dance hall — collapsed into the bay. With a final whisper, “The pavilion has disappeared,” her gentle heart gave out.
Her story is one of beauty, sisterhood, and loss — and of a community that rebuilt, stronger, with a seawall that still stands as a tribute to those swept away by the storm.

🗓️ Nov 1–2 • 6:45 p.m. • Port Lavaca Cemetery
🎭 Indoor Matinée • Nov 2 • 2 p.m. • Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre
🎟️ Tickets $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

*Please enter and park through the south entrance of the cemetery, where event parking and tour check-in will be located. Tickets available online or at the gate. Tickets at the gate are cash or check only.

10/27/2025

🌳 Meet the Spirit: Edward Edgar
Portrayed by Steve Bales

💬 “Though silent, he speaks.”

In the Port Lavaca Cemetery stands a tree-shaped tombstone honoring Edward Edgar — Civil War soldier, newspaperman, tax collector, and the county’s first sheriff to serve in its “new” jail of 1896. A man devoted to community and service, his story still echoes through time.

Come hear his voice rise again at the 2025 Port Lavaca Cemetery Tour!

🗓️ Nov 1–2 • 6:45 p.m. - Port Lavaca Cemetery
🎭 Indoor Matinée • Nov 2 • 2 p.m. - Main Street Theatre
🎟️ $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

*Please enter and park through the south entrance of the cemetery, where event parking and tour check-in will be located. Tickets available online or at the gate. Tickets at the gate are cash or check only.

10/26/2025

🌊 Meet the Spirit: Juliet Constance Ewing Fretwell
Portrayed by Betty Birdwell

💬 “She survived when her town did not.”

Juliet Fretwell’s life changed forever during the Comanche Raid of 1840. But Juliet’s courage carried her forward; she rebuilt her life, opened one of Port Lavaca’s first hotels, and became a true pioneer of Texas history.

Meet her at the 2025 Port Lavaca Cemetery Tour and hear her unforgettable story.

🗓️ Nov 1–2 • 6:45 p.m.
🎭 Indoor Matinée • Nov 2 • 2 p.m.
🎟️ $20 | www.plmst.org/cemeterytour

*Please enter and park through the south entrance of the cemetery, where event parking and tour check-in will be located. Tickets available online or at the gate. Tickets at the gate are cash or check only.

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315 E Main Street PO Box1614
Port Lavaca, TX
77979

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http://www.plmainstreet.org/

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