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Historical Tour – Dates for 2022

Historical Tour – Dates for 2022

Guided Historical Tours Want to get to know the cemetery better? Take one of our monthly tours. Tours highlight Portland’s founders and regionally-known pioneers. Second Saturday of the Month: March 12 April 9 May 14 June 11 July 9 August 13 September 10 October 8 Read Full Post

New Headstone Cleaning Workshops

New Headstone Cleaning Workshops

Happy April! It is that time again for our monthly headstone cleaning workshops. They kick off again this month through September and are every third Saturday from 10am to noon. Ever wonder the proper way to clean a headstone or want to get more involved Read Full Post

New Tour Dates Listed

New Tour Dates Listed

With approval of the city, we have a slate of new tours available in the coming months! Reserve a spot here.

Headstone Cleaning Canceled – Sept 18

Headstone Cleaning Canceled – Sept 18

Due to inclement weather, the headstone cleaning workshop on the 18th of September will be canceled.

Halloween Update

Halloween Update

Just a quick update to let everyone know that we will not be doing any Halloween event this year. We have had quite a few inquiries and wanted to let everyone know that unfortunately we will not be doing Tour of Untimely Departures or any Read Full Post

Headstone Workshops are Back!

Headstone Workshops are Back!

Meet at the Soldiers Monument at 10am for a tutorial on how to clean and spruce the headstones at Lone Fir Cemetery. The workshop runs from 10am until noon and there is no fee. We provide the supplies! Gloves are handy and please dress to Read Full Post

The Tour Returns!

The Tour Returns!

We are back in action… We are slowly making our way back into monthly events and activities at Lone Fir Cemetery. We are starting off with our monthly historical tour and the first one will kick off in July on the regular cadence of the Read Full Post

Its Been A Minute …

Its Been A Minute …

A tiny update – We appreciate all the messages about Lone Fir and our status on tours and our workshops. As of now we don’t have much to report as COVID-19 is still ever present but when we are able to conduct tours and workshops Read Full Post

A bit of an update

A bit of an update

We sure do miss giving tours and working on cleaning headstones but this year took a turn for all of us with Covid-19. When we resume our tours and events we will let everyone know- we may consider very small tour sizes but that is Read Full Post

Memorial Day Weekend Announcement

Memorial Day Weekend Announcement

In observance of Governor Kate Brown’s Executive order and the prohibition of gatherings and events regardless of size if social distancing cannot be sustained we are not holding any Memorial Day events this upcoming weekend. Lone Fir cemetery is open to the public and we Read Full Post