An old tradition will be new again for young LaGrange trick-or-treaters with two historic LaGrange homes offering treats to costumed children on Halloween.

Trick-or-treaters will be greeted at the doors of Bellevue at 204 Ben Hill St. and Hills and Dales Estate at 1916 Hills and Dales Drive from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Hills and Dales’ late owners, Fuller E. Jr. and Alice Callaway always welcomed children with candy on Halloween, and the tradition has continued with the Fuller E. Callaway Foundation, which now runs the estate museum.

Bellevue, built in the 1850s by U.S. Sen. Benjamin Harvey Hill, has long been open for tours, but Halloween treats will be given out at the door this year for the first time by the LaGrange Woman’s Club, which maintains the house.

DASH for LaGrange Inc. will sponsor a Halloween project from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Doc Spears’ Gathering Place at 610-612 Jefferson St. DASH will provide the supplies and instruction for children to create Halloween costumes and bags. There also will be games and candy.

Downtown trick-or-treating once again will coincide with the United Way of West Georgia Chili Cook-off, an annual event that highlights the United Way’s 29 member agencies with booths and information on Lafayette Square in downtown LaGrange. Residents can sample chili from the agencies and vote for their favorite from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday on Lafayette Square in downtown LaGrange. Cost is $2 per person and benefits the local United Way.

Trick-or-treating this year will include a pet costume contest, along with regular events for children.

Children may trick-or-treat at businesses and participate in the annual costume contest from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown LaGrange. The schedule includes a children’s carnival from 1 to 5 p.m. hosted by LaGrange College; a pet costume contest at 2:30 p.m., and registration from 2 to 2:45 p.m. for the children’s costume contest at 3 p.m.

A “ghost walk” in West Point and haunted house in Hogansville, which kicked off last weekend, will continue Saturday.

The haunted house, in the unused Royal Theater portion of City Hall in downtown Hogansville, will be open from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger, with proceeds benefiting the Downtown Development Authority. Designers say the haunted house is so scary that it’s not for small children.

The “ghost walk” tour of downtown West Point from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. For $5 a person, those on the tour can find out what a river serpent, Confederate ghost and local sightings of UFOs have in common.

Tours start at the West Point Depot and Museum and are recommended for all ages.

Organizers say the ghost walks are nighttime tours of downtown West Point with a Halloween twist, featuring local legends, myths, unsolved mysteries and even some paranormal experiences that have been reported in some of the historic buildings. Tours begin at 7 p.m. and will depart from the depot about every 10 minutes. The walk itself lasts about 50 minutes and a tour bus is available for those who prefer not to walk the tour. The final tour departs at 8:30 p.m. As a bonus, local storyteller Paul Clapp will be inside the depot, with accounts of urban legends and tales of UFOs seen in the area.

West Point will have its traditional downtown activities Saturday as well. A fall festival, with hot dogs, games, a chili cookoff, scarecrow judging, zumba demonstration, hay rides and humane society pet costume contest will be from noon to 3 p.m. at J. Smith Lanier Park downtown. Attendance is free, but it’ll cost $1 for games and food. A few merchants may be open for trick-or-treaters.

For those willing to travel to be scared, Grantville is hosting a Halloween haunted house nightly through Halloween, which features live actors and special effects.

The downtown haunt opens at 7 p.m. and costs $5 a person. It’s recommended for teenagers and older. The haunted house closes at 10 tonight and midnight Friday and Saturday. Child-friendly trick-or-treating will be from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday downtown.