“Echoes from Our Past-Historic Cemetery Walk,” presented by the Butler County Historical Society, will feature costumed actors portraying characters and events of Butler County’s ancestors.

The program will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at North Side Cemetery, 1002 N. Main St.

The Historic Cemetery Walk does not consist of any ghost or fictional stories.

This tour will present vignettes of the lives of seven people:

Harry Holiday (1889-1945), portrayed by Thom Hilliard. Born in Huron County, Ohio, Holiday moved to Butler by 1923 to work for the Forged Steel Wheel Co. When Armco purchased the company from Columbia Steel in 1927, he continued to work there and became Works Manager.

Evan Evans (1855-1907), portrayed by Steve Fogle. The youngest of six children, Evans was born in Armstrong County. He married Lottie Barger and worked as a grocer. He soon recognized his true calling as a machinist and received a patent for inventing the shut-off valve for oil wells.

John Quincy Adams Kennedy (1823-1906), portrayed by Bob Meals. Born and raised on his father’s farm, Kennedy worked as the editor of a newspaper and traveled west to the gold fields with other young men from Butler.

Clara Campbell Brandon (1851-1925), portrayed by Tricia Eichler. Clara Campbell’s father was supportive of education, and she attended the Witherspoon Institute on North Main Street. She attended college at what is known today as Chatham University in Pittsburgh.

Albert Wickenhagen (1882-1918), portrayed by Dean Weiland. Wickenhagen provided entertainment at places like the Majestic Theater and filled a spot in Oil City’s orchestra at Monarch Park for a season. He and W.W. Amon created the song, “When the Orioles are Singing in the Orchard.”

Thomas Frazier (1852-1916), portrayed by Jason Brewer. Frazier was one of 10 children. He married Harriet Beckett in 1874. They raised nine children. Frazier engaged in the milling business and then went to work in the plastering business. He eventually spent many years working in the oil and gas industry.

Sophia Hollock (1888-1965), portrayed by Sharon Chernick. An immigrant, who landed in Baltimore, Sophia married John Hollock and had two children there. She and John brought their children to Butler when he heard of available work at the Standard Steel Car Co. She had seven more children while living in Lyndora and worked at Standard Steel Car as a janitress.

Tickets are $14, available at www.butlerhistory.com or at the historical society office, 123 W. Diamond St.