Private Tours & Talks
Private group tours and talks are great for classrooms, companies, networking evens, summer camps, conventions, out-of-town wedding party guests, etc.
You can also work with our guide to add any of our tours as a public tour to better accommodate your travel or work schedule. Please contact us by phone or email to schedule a date, time, and starting point for the tour prior to purchase.
To book a private group tour call 503.206.4676, or email guide@slabtowntours.com
Basic cost for private group tour is $300 for 90 minutes. Additional charges are dependent on any customizations. Lectures start at $150 for 90 minutes.
Tanya Lyn March, Ph.D., will lead you and up to 25 guests on one of these tours. Larger group sizes will require a power point followed by tours led by a team of guides:
- Slabtown Tour
- Historic Homes Tour of the Alphabet Historic District
- Nob Hill Tour
- Ghost Tour
- Cast Iron District
- Ethnic Transformation of Northwest Portland
- Heart of St. Johns History Tour (has extreme slope)
- Old Town New Chinatown
- SE Historic Foster Road Tour
Tanya Lyn March Ph.D. has been giving lectures at schools, senior homes, hotels, libraries, real estate offices, and bars for over two decades. A talk vs. a walking tour is a great option for larger groups, bad weather days, and for those interested in history but not interested in walking.
- Slabtown Picture Show
- Vanport’s Step-sibling Guild’s Lake Courts
- Ghosts and Murders of NW Portland
- St Johns a City Within a City
- Cast Iron District
- Ethnic Transformation of Northwest Portland
- Redlining and Ethnic change in NW Portland
- How to Research a Historic Home from your couch-online
- Welcome to Oregon (a 101 history of the state)
- Welcome to Portland (a 101 historic overview)
- The Trail: the wild attractions of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exhibition
- Say His Name Ervin Jones
a Black life taken unjustly and the erasure of the Black community in Guild’s Lake - Childhood in Portland’s 1940s Homefront Years