Fright at the Fort

Come to the Fort for an evening of spooky fun! Want to know how to keep a witch out of your house or how to cure a case of cholera? Sit in on a frontier funeral and learn the 19th century origins of many of our modern mourning customs. Meet the ghost of John Gray and hear from the ghost himself the story of his life—and death—during the Black Hawk War. Visitors of all ages can take part in our haunted history scavenger hunt and enjoy a historical selection of scary stories around the fire.