The Henry Pratt may be gone now, moved to Kimball, Tennessee, but before closing the building, on Highland Avenue, the company donated this bench to the Historical Society. The bench commemorates the five employees who were lost in the 2019 workplace shooting. It is...
Chairs of all styles and eras will be featured in the fall exhibit of the Aurora Historical Society starting September 2. Mary Clark Ormond, president of the Aurora Historical Society, looks at the storage space for smoking materials hidden in the armrest of a...
Eudoxia Smith Dunning (1803-1887) Looking back at our past exhibit, Portraits of the Past, meet Eudoxia Smith Dunning (1803-1887). Eudoxia was the wife of Josiah D. Dunning (1803-1887), a prosperous Big Rock farmer who retired to Aurora in 1856. In 1857-58, he built...
Clark Wilder (1801-1870) White & black chalk over photograph on paper Hailing from New York state, Clark Wilder was an early settler arriving with his family in 1837. He settled on the west side after becoming a prominent farmer and active public official. After...
