Guided tours of Otisfield’s historic Elmwood Cemetery are Oct. 16

Sep. 132021

Professor and astronomer Joe Holden is one of the notable graves that will be included in an Otisfield Historical Society guided tour of Elmwood Cemetery Oct. 16. (Submitted photo)
OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society will sponsor guided tours of Elmwood Cemetery, beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16.
The cemetery is opposite the Baptist Church on Rayville Road. Notable Otisfield residents buried there include astronomer and professor Joseph Holden, born in 1816, whose inscription notes that he “discovered that the earth is flat and stationary and that the sun and moon do move,” as well as other town residents, some who fought in the Revolution, Civil War or taught in one-room schoolhouses.
Each tour lasts about an hour. An admission fee of $10 benefits the Otisfield Historical Society.
Rain date is Oct. 23.
For more information, visit www.otisfield.org or Facebook page OtisfieldHistoricalSociety.

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