311 Oak Ridge Cemeteries: A History (Halloween Edition)

311 Oak Ridge Cemeteries: A History (Halloween Edition)

History | Registration opens 8/5/25 9:00 AM EDT

701 Briarcliff Avenue Oak Ridge, TN 37830 United States
F-110
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 (one day)
9:30 AM-10:40 AM EDT on Tue

311 Oak Ridge Cemeteries: A History (Halloween Edition)

History | Registration opens 8/5/25 9:00 AM EDT

In late 1942 the U.S. government acquired the land that was to become Oak Ridge. Eighty small cemeteries were left behind.  Mike Stallo will discuss the histories of the cemeteries as well as a few spooky stories related to them.


Michael Stallo

Mike Stallo’s career in records management at DOE transitioned into a reputation as a historian for Oak Ridge and then a staff position at the Oak Ridge Public Library.  Mike currently manages the “Oak Ridge Room.”  He also contributes to Ray Smith’s popular Historically Speaking column on occasion.  The Oak Ridge Room digital collection includes photographs, documents, and letters.  In the physical collection at the library are primary and secondary resources on Oak Ridge, the Manhattan Project and atomic history including documents, letters, reports, articles, photographs, artifacts, maps, school annuals, newspapers and books. He was president of the Oak Ridge Heritage & Preservation Association the founding year of Oak Ridge History Museum and continues his board membership.