An Oshkosh Beer-Baron Tour of Riverside Cemetery

This Saturday, October 5th, will be the first of two guided tours through Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh to visit the graves and tell the stories of 12 of Oshkosh's most colorful brewers and saloon owners. The tour is being coordinated and led by Donna Brotske of Riverside. I've supplied the research behind the tour and will be on hand to help answer questions and add some details about the people inhabiting the graves we'll be visiting.

The second tour, on October 12th, will be identical to the October 5th tour. Both tours begin at 10 a.m. and will last approximately 90 minutes. Tickets are $10, with proceeds going to help with upkeep, maintenance, and improvements of the cemetery. Space on these tours is limited and registration is required. Call 920-236-5092 to take care of that.

We'll visit the graves of Oshkosh luminaries such as Joseph Nigl, Herman Steckbauer, Lorenz Kuenzl, Charles Rahr, and eight more. It should be a lot of fun. I've been wanting to do something like this for years. I hope you can make it. For more info, check out the Facebook Event Page.