Apalachicola Area Historical Society

Come join us for the 1st Ghost Walk in 2016. There will be characters dressed in period clothing representing locals from our past buried at the Chestnut Cemetery. Price is $5.00 at the front entrance of the cemetery the night of the event. AAHS members renewing or joining the night of the event will get […]

The Apalachicola Area Historical Society (AAHS) is holding a workday on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Historic Chestnut Cemetery on highway 98 between 6th and 8th streets in Apalachicola. We will begin at 8am by trimming the shrubbery and cleaning out the various urns and filling them with sand. Wear work clothes, bring sunscreen, and garden […]

Hauntings will abound at Apalachicola's Chestnut Street Cemetery on Saturday, October 29 when local history enthusiasts don the garb and take on the persona of the cemetery's more notable inhabitants to tell their tale of life in Apalachicola more than 100 years ago. The Ghostwalk will be held 6:30-8:30 pm. at the Chestnut Street Cemetery […]

Stay in Apalachicola after the Tour of Homes Saturday, May 6 and enjoy the  Apalachicola Historic Society's annual  Spring Ghost Tour walk of the Historic Chestnut Street Cemetery in Apalachicola. History enthusiasts take on the personna of several of the cemetery’s more notable inhabitants to tell of life in Apalachicola more than 100 years ago.