Book Description

Looking out over the deserted landscape today it is hard to imagine that during the Civil War this remote corner of western Nevada was home to over five thousand people living in a thousand buildings made mostly of brick. This book describes a promising young city at the peak of prosperity and includes 37 photographs, 9 maps, numerous historic newspaper advertisements, and detailed descriptions of Aurora's buildings, businesses, organizations, schools, government, mines, and newspapers. It also includes a list of residents from 1861-1864, a list of newspaper articles about Aurora from 1860 to 1864, and an account of the July 4, 1864, Grand Celebration.