History Revealed - Oakland Cemetery Walking Tour

Overview

Ramsey County Historical Society is hosting a walking tour of the historic Oakland Cemetery in Saint Paul’s North End neighborhood.

Join experienced tour guide and historian Denise Dunnell Wells on a fascinating outdoor walking tour of Saint Paul’s famous Oakland Cemetery. The tour will feature the resting places of some of Saint Paul’s most famous and infamous personalities. Denise will give you an overview of the cemetery’s history, discuss some of its legends, and show us the final resting places of these citizens.

Oakland Cemetery is the Midwest’s oldest operating cemetery and has been a place of internment for many different groups in the Ramsey County community. There are lots for Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans, firefighters, and a variety of nationalities. The cemetery has a park-like quality with over 25,000 trees and many walking paths. In its current era, the cemetery has become a final resting area for many members of the Hmong community, which has put our current landscape in conversation with the pioneers who made this area what it is.