Aurora's boom years were 1861 through 1864. The town peaked early in the history of the mining west, over 150 years ago, and photos and details of life in the town during that period are sparse.
Aurora is where a young Samuel Clemens would begin his writing career, and not long after leaving he would become known as Mark Twain, eventually becoming one of the world's most famous people.
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"The building boom After World War II resulted in Aurora's remaining buildings being salvaged for materials."
I guess that depends on who's telling the story. The town site is located on private land and everybody I talked to in the Bridgeport area, including historians, all maintain that it was looted for bricks by building contractors from Los Angeles. There were several arrests, as I recall.
So yeah, those rustic looking brick walls and fireplaces in the LA area may have bricks from Aurora in them.
Enjoyed that. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteI was at the spot a couple of years where photo #4 was shot. Fun area to explore. The full story about not knowing where the border was and what it took to locate it was cool too. It was in a surveying trade magazine that I cannot remember the name of.
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