John Jaros, Executive Director of the Aurora Historical Society receives an early copy of The Cross Man from Greg Zanis Greg Zanis, the Aurora carpenter known throughout the country as the man who traveled hundreds of thousands of miles carrying his handmade crosses...
The Aurora Historical Society has announced the retirement of a long-time Board of Trustees member and the election of a new trustee. Executive Director John Jaros (left) congratulates retiring board of trustees member Roald Haase Roald Haase was honored at the...
The Peanuts Gang, the crew of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise and the Cratchit family of Victorian London swept the popular vote at the Aurora Historical Society’s Tanner House Holidays in 2019, winning first, second place and third places in the Favorite Room...
The cover of the 2020 calendar showing the “Mexican Chapel” which served the legendary boxcar camp adjacent to the Burlington Railroad’s Eola Reclamation plant. c. 1930 The Vintage Aurora Calendar for 2020, produced by the Aurora Historical...
Author and Aurora native Brent Peterson will greet the public and sign copies of his book, Once Upon A Lifetime, The Epic True Story of Corporal William Wesley Bennett, USMC, on November 11, 2019 at the Aurora Historical Society gift shop at the Pierce Art and...
Laura McDowell Hopper Laura McDowell Hopper, a historian, curator, writer and quilter, will speak about quilts and quilting at the Aurora Historical Society at the Pierce Art and History Center on Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 3:00pm. The associate editor of...
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