Union Historical Society’s Come Spring Bus Tour will depart from the Old Town House, 128 Town House Road (Route 235), in Union, on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. The roughly two-hour tour takes place rain or shine.

The narrated tour follows the George’s River Scenic Byway and identifies sites where Union’s early settlers built cabins and lived their lives in the late 1700s. The names of the settlers are documented in Union Town records, and their lives and stories are recounted by Ben Ames Williams in his 1940 historical novel, Come Spring. After visiting marked settler’s grave sites in the Common Cemetery on Ayer Hill, the tour stops at the cellar hole of the cabin where Philip Robbins’ large family spent a crowded winter in 1776, and then at the homestead of Philip Robbins oldest son, David.

Tickets are $15 per person.

To purchase Come Spring Bus Tour tickets call the Union Historical Society at 207-785-5444.

"There is usually someone at our Robbins House on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9 to 12," said the historical society. "If there is no answer, please leave a message. Your reservation is confirmed when your payment is received. This event usually sells out and it is suggested to purchase your tickets early."