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Come join OAKLAND & FRATERNAL HISTORIC CEMETERY PARK in Little Rock, Arkansas, for our special Evening Lantern Light Tours on Saturday nights in October.

For information and directions, please call Linda L. Howell

(501) 681-3857

Read our article in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette

This picture was taken by a flip phone 12 years ago at Oakland Cemetery, It is of a spirit of a union soldier walking what would be considered a perimeter patrol. He would have been 300 yards from the Union Encampment during the occupation of Little Rock. If you look closely, you can make out his kepi and his cavalry cape.

Further Information

The “LANTERN LIGHT TOUR” will be led by Haunted Tours of Little Rock owner, Linda Howell, author of “Haunted Little Rock”, local historian, speaker, community volunteer, paranormal enthusiast (passed down through generations in her family), philanthropist, and a beautiful, caring, strong woman devoted to her lovely family.

We will explore the history and adventures of a different section of the cemetery each week. ALL proceeds go to the cemetery.

Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park consists of multiple themed cemeteries within the park. The cemetery was established in 1863.

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Mayor Frank Scott Jr. Inside the Oakland mausoleum.

This is the Tillar Mausoleum window.

Special or Custom Tours

For special or custom tours, call Linda Howell or contact Carolyn Eastham at friendsoaklandfraternal@gmail.com or 501-251-4891

Day and Nighttime Tours

We have Day Tours and Nighttime Tours (5 or more people).
There is no limit of the amount of people on the Day Tour but 5 or more people are required for the Nighttime Tour. During the tours, you will hear about our early beginnings, notable people buried here and other interesting facts. We use dowsing rods on the tours and the public will experience how they work to find remains and other things. Our Sexton, John Rains, makes the rods by hand and sells them to the public.

For Tour information call Linda Howell at 501-681-3857

Fun Fact:
Our handmade rods are used on the television show, Expedition Unknown.

Girlfriend of David O. Dodd buried at Oakland Cemetery.

Angel of Grief AKA The Weeping Angel

About

"Oakland & Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park was established in 1862 when the City of Little Rock (Pulaski County) purchased a 165-acre estate in order to accommodate the Civil War dead. Through the years, this 160-acre estate has been carved into six distinct cemeteries: Oakland, National, Confederate, a one-acre Confederate, Fraternal, B'Nai Isreal, and Agudath Achim. Today, 108 acres of the original 160 remain as burial grounds. The cemeteries have seen more than 62,000 burials since the first in 1863."

-Encyclopedia of Arkansas