Exploring Aurora, Nevada 1860's Ghost Town
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Jeff and Sarah brave a rugged abandoned wagon road to access the Nevada ghost town of Aurora, Nevada, where Mark Twain started his writing career. They check out what is left of the 1860's boom town.
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Check out Part 2 of our Aurora visit at:
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Wow!! That superimposed shot was really cool. Where you showed the old buildings of the time over the current landscape. Loved that.
Jeff you and Sarah do an exceptional job of documenting and researching history. Great job!
Thank you very much for the very nice comment and compliment . We really appreciate kind viewers like yourself. Sending our blessings, Jeff and Sarah.
I really enjoy how you show the old pictures over the current scenery to give us an idea what it looked like in the past. You guys have a exceptional way of bringing history alive. Thank you.
Amen ON THAT!+
Our family is from Aurora can traced our great grandparents to it
Really? That is so cool ngl!
Loved this video! The old cowboy music scores made it so awesome! Thank you for sharing
I really dig the drone footage, upping your game i see!! Good work.
Thank you! We're trying to find ways to improve. Only been doing this for less than two years!
ME TOO !
Thank goodness a bunch of people got together and saved Bodie. Another xcellent video, rather like being there in person without the nails and smell of sage, but not bad either way.
You really go to some out there locations, but you help shed light on some of the past that has totally been forgotten THANKS great channel like all the history
Glad you enjoyed!
Just love your history adventures, thanks again for another history lesson. 🇦🇺 Australia
Love the overlay’s of old photo to present day scenes.
I try to do them when I can! I know viewers like it!
Great. One of my favorite episodes 👍🏼
Same here! Thanks for watching!
the earth reclaims all. Wonderful video as always. I undwerstand the wife's stress, but this is worth it to keep what history still remains of some areas
It wasn't the Earth, it was looters and lowlifes who took every brick and board from Aurora for beer money.
I'm new to the channel. Really happy to have found this gem. I look forward to watching everything else.
Welcome aboard! So happy to know you found us and enjoy our channel! What part of the country or world are you from?
My first visit to Aurora was in 1962. There were several wooden buildings intact and piles of old trash. One small building was wallpapered in old newspapers. Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos. There were also quite a few stone buildings in Masonic down the canyon and no one was around in Bodie, which was the way we came in to Aurora.
My next visit was in 1985 and Aurora appeared as it does now. Thanks for the video.
We appreciate you watching and commenting! That town was quite a town and now hardly anything!
Hi Jeff and Sarah. Just dropped onto your series of videos which I think are excellent.This was the first one I have come across and I had to smile to myself by virtue of the difficulty of reaching the place and the fact that Sarah appeared not well pleased (and fed up!) by the long and uncomfortable journey getting there. It was reminiscent of my late wife Hilary, who had to endure similar trips to mining sites both in the States and at home in the UK. I have always been interested in metal mining and its history since my teens - a long time back! - and she was dragged into remote locations when probably there were other places she would have preferred to have been. Often, in the UK, she was left amusing the kids in the car and in the pouring rain, while I went off somewhere underground with my friends.I think your explorations are fascinating, even to graveyards, miles from civilisation. Our last trip saw us at Nevadaville, Colarado, amongst many other places, and there also visiting the cemetery in seach of emigrant Cornish miners of which there were many. There is much of interest in old 'boneyards'! I will now view, and look forward to, the rest of your videos while I am on "lockdown" with coronavirus! Very professionally done with interesting old photos intersperced with the narrative. Great stuff!
Thank you, Richard. I make mention of the Cornish miners in my videos of Milton, Calif., and Sonora, Calif. Welcome to our channel! Sarah actually does enjoy going to these places but our journey was harrowing indeed!
When I come to America I will head straight to the mountains and rivers. Thanks for your videos , sitting in my couch I'm entertained .This is wonderful. Thanks again. Salisbury park Pune. Jai Maharashtra.
Thank you! I hope you do get to come to our great country!
Great video! Keep history alive. Thank you!
Is part 2 on here?!
I was at Aurora sometime between 1976 or 1977 when I was a teenager i can't believe people just took everything around so sad these buildings should have saved and not just let people taken anything they wanted
Enjoying your channel very much...looking forward to more videos
Thank you very much. We appreciate you watching and letting us know that you enjoy our episodes. More to come.
As always, very interesting thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Well if'n no body's gonna say anything I will .
Welcome to Nevada
Remember that Nevada is a state of mind .
AND most of the people here are out of their ever loven State .
It's so cool to see where our family lived
Fun watching and planning our next trip to see some history! You’re the new Houser of neat place to visit with eye candy too 😁
Thank you so much!
I love bumming around that area. Been to all these spots. The most interesting part of Aurora is the graveyard and the story of the gunfighter William E. Carder buried there. I found his stone. I even found a more recent grave there. I never could really see where the streets were it's so far lost to time. I took my wife there a few years ago in the old Bronco which handled it well, we went through Bodie and down the canyon, across a stream and met up with the road to Aurora. and if it's any consolation she had a kind of miserable time there too. She wanted me to assure her there weren't any rattlesnakes there but I could only say watch where you step. We haven't been back. Great to see the video though thanks you made an amazing video!
You should get a 4 X 4 van and can get to places like that and stay in your van. I like this channel because I love old places. I think Nevada has the largest number of historical towns in America. I’ll be watching more of your videos. Thanks for sharing this bit of history.
Thanks for finding our channel and liking what we produce! Until we get more popular we won't be able to quit our regular paying gigs. LOL
MUSIC, when you play it is way too loud.
I like all that music
Are you serious?
Google Earth is your friend. Just over the ridge from where you were is the infrastructure from mining operations during the 1980s to the last few years, complete with a good quality road through Lucky Boy Pass and down into Hawthorne. All shown on G.E. For the record I worked at the site in 1984.
MrRod4000 that road was blocked that day.
Cool videos!💯👍 I'm originally from Chicago, but relocated to Nevada in 2006, & it was the best decision I ever made in my life! You gained a new subscriber!
Welcome! Glad to have you! We are in California but honestly things are getting so bad that we want to move. We are thinking Nevada or Idaho.
@@jbenziggy You'd LOVE Nevada, you already know all the history we have for you to cover here, it's CONTENT GALORE!💯😂👍
Very interesting. Great Video!!!
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
I lived in Northern Nevada for 20 years. If you're out hunting for something, count on using a 4×4. Also wear thick pants and don't stick your hands near sage brush. Rattle snakes are everywhere. Make sure you bring water too. It's a dry, high desert and it's dangerous. Bring what you think you might need for an overnight outside stay like a simple tarp and blanket and extra water and food. Just hoping you stay safe next time. ✌️♥️
We just returned from Bodie and Mono Lake this past weekend and never once saw a snake. What have you folks done with all of them? LOL
@@jbenziggy Well, I live in Phoenix now and there's no shortage here. Maybe they followed me! 😳
I enjoy the fact that you view historic places. Please do not move items nor flick off what is left of the buildings so that others may also enjoy visiting the site.
Won't happen again. Can't say the weather and time will be as gentle. An imagination and research is already required to enjoy it for what once was. Thanks for watching.
"Magnificent 7" score, music is most appropriate! 🎶
Nice work and very interesting/informative. Also the fact that you are respecting the law and not taking any of the remnants (though not many to speak of) shows your respect for history and the need to preserve this legacy for future visitors. If past visitors had done the same, we would have had a much richer piece of history to experience/admire.
Akshay Mani thank you for watching! We appreciate your nice words!
Great job.
love your videos !!! i live near Aurora and have have enjoyed this video... You and Sarah need to invest in some snake boots !!! lots of rattlers up here and other places you go ...
We actually have seen zero snakes on all of our travels except for the time we were hiking behind Half Dome in Yosemite. I think our viewers are more scared of us encountering snakes than we are! LOL
hope your luck holds out ...
I was told that metal salvaging during WWII is what destroyed the buildings.
I've heard it was the bricks. Metal for WWII was a factor all over.
You do really great videos
Well thanks buddy! We try to! We appreciate you telling us!
What did they eat way out there ?
Wow! Sorry you guys had such an ordeal to get there but it was well worth it. Thank you for a video that is really rich in history. I'm glad there were still some remnants there for you to discover. Was the town reduced to rubble just from people picking it over for souvenirs? Were thrre other circumstances that led to it's demise? 🤔
We did have a very difficult time going in and I should’ve recorded the path that we had to travel. It was horrible as far as the towns demise, I have been told that it was due to the removal of brick and use in San Francisco. No doubt souvenir hunters have also pilfered away pieces of the town.
Oh wow beautiful
It really is!
That guy reminds me of Clint Eastwood! Looks like he has true grit!
What guy reminds you of True Grit?
Great adventure and great research. 👍
Thanks very much!!
nature shall reclaim that which is no longer maintained by man
Bryan Damkaer most definitely. Who’s quote is that?
I liked the video, I wish you could do a video on Pearce, AZ.
Love ur videos..I subscribed..
Welcome to our channel!!!
Cool video!
Thanks very much!
Walt Disney had to deny the accusation that the bricks from Aurora ended up in Disneyland for Main Street, USA. Since the last brick buildings were looted during the park’s construction.
I have never heard that before. Interesting. Thanks for watching and commenting!
You guys needed to do that trip in a four wheel drive truck. Less gas mileage, but safer drive on those back roads!
The USAF and the supposed aliens hang around that area but I like that former mining town.A lot of the people in that area were advised not to stay there by the government.Right enough,your nearest neighbour was quite near around 100 miles away,thanks for that Jeff.Visitors were not allowed to loot the abandoned houses and the security people kept you in their lenses.Probably the Airforce Security.
@ 8:50 what movie is that music from? I think I recognize it as a John Wayne movie but just can't place it, The Cowboys maybe? Great history lesson with a grade A video,be safe out there.
Theme song from “The Magnificent Seven”
If you want to come to Missouri.. where I'm from...type in "times Beach Missouri". A chemical spill poisoned the town by st. Louis...it's a state park but very interesting...videos on you tube.. It's really cool going there if that's your thing...thank you!!!!!!!
any way to preserve that wall?
You have yourself a good woman there following you on all these adventures. Mine won't even walk on dirt... Good vids tho!
Thank you Joe! She is a wonderful sweetheart.
Thanks for beating your car up to bring us this footage.
Ha ha. Thanks!
Dang, really nothing there now. Thanks for video.
Note to self look up ghost town on Google earth before starting journey to see if it's still there!
Larry Hewitt I actually did that and still wanted to see it.
History Hunters Good I’m glad you found what you were looking for. I love history too!
My Mother grew up with a Ghost town on the very back of their Property. An from what I understand its still there.
Don't know how to find a way other then to type on one i have seen but Merry Christmas to you all and hope your safe xxx
Thank you! We are doing just fine! We are out today to shoot another video! Thanks for your Merry Christmas wishes! We wish for a great 2021 for you and your family!
@@jbenziggy Same to you and look forward to new video's
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I bet Sarah is a ball of fun
So much fun if you don't judge me based on short time you've seen me on video.
EXCELLENT , WHY YOU'RE NOT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL IS PUZZLING ,,,,,,,
Thank you! Glad you liked it! Maybe some day we'll be there!
@@jbenziggy Metal detected the old Wells Fargo trail near my property in Colorado. Found an old Sheriff badge ( could barely make out letters on it ) also part of an extremely old revolver. Handle gone , might have been a derringer
Aurora is reincarnated as thousands of used brick patios the in San Fernando Valley. That's where you will find Aurora today.
you'd have had an easier drive in if you'd gone through Bodie on the California side. in the late 80's, I worked at the Aurora Partnership mine on the other side of the hill from Aurora. I used to hike up into the extinct volcano to the north of the townsite and look for artifacts -- lots of metal stuff from the mining days, but better, tons of projectile points, trade beads, etc. from older times. iirc, Aurora was once the country seat of two counties, Esmeralda in NV and Mono in CA. The survey of the stateline through that area was done to determine which side of the line Aurora lay on.
I used to live on the cattle ranch that ran cattle there and Bodie. I lived in a place called Wichman which is an old house that was a post office.
Early '60s my dad worked for the flying m I lived in the wichmanhouse also when I was a child
I love the way you guys superimposed the old images into the landscape to give it perspective. That was an awesome video!
We like superimposing images too when we can. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks a bunch!
"it's illegal to remove anything here' - how's that working out! they took it all! Great video btw.
06:24 ! Did anyone see the man walking at the back in black ?? MIB ?? 🤩
This is the first I saw of your videos. What a great job! The editing and research makes this better than anything I have seen before....I am a new fan!
KEN WALZ Wow, that is a great compliment that you just paid me. It takes a while sometimes to get noticed on RUclips but we have been growing steadily since November after having been on RUclips for about three years now. Positive comments like yours really inspire us to go on with this endeavor.
this video that was watching was research pretty good it explains a lot of the stuff that was going on in Aurora I liked it
For a piece of barren landscape, you managed to correlate a LOT of fascinating information. Thanks.
The law regarding the removal of relics didn’t go into effect until the 1970’s, if memory serves..
I will take this Aurora over the one on CO any day.
20:25 With so much conjecture and mystery around a town washed away by history, this is a triumphant little moment of forensics! Great stuff, History Hunters. Such a great channel.
I still laugh at the road you guys were on😂😂. The video turned out really cool. I like how you put the old photos in where you were standing. I think Sarah liked it more then she is letting on😁😁 and CHP is always watching... and also, you now have Nevada Pin Striping on the car😁
I was road weary. I enjoyed it but could have used more day light to explore. We ran out of time.
Bean McJean Well you will have to go back huh?😀
@@409rommel at this point I'd rather be on that road to Aurora again than stuck in the house because of the virus.
Bean McJean 😂😂. Hope you both are doing well
that was a piece of obsidian. there's a ton of it just east of Aurora where it was mined by native americans.
This was a GREAT Post...thoroughly enjoyed it!
Thanks so much! Glad you liked our harrowing visit to Aurora! Won't you please subscribe to our channel? Much appreciated!
20:32 This old photo superimposed over modern day was amazing. I kept going back and forth just to try and see where everything was in the vast nothing that is now. I think most amazing was that main road is just gone. If you have no idea, you would not even know that used to be a road, much less an entire city.
You had a good traveling partner. Sarah you were a good partner. Very good video.
I think we have all seen THAT look from our wives that Sarah had on her face at 6:40 when we've dragged them out to the middle of nowhere. "We came all the way out here for that, and a pile of rocks!?!?" You are a good, patient, and understanding travel partner, Sarah! Don't worry about those scratches on your car - they will "buff right out"! 😂😉
The gentleman we met there dubbed the scratches "Nevada Pinstripes" I sport them with pride. I was road weary but enjoyed exploring. Thanks for watching!
Haha I will go! My hubs is usually fishing when I make these crazy trips by myself….
Hi Guys, I like exploring Old places too. I hope you watch for Rattlers. Thanks
I'm always on the look out for critters. Thank you for your concern and for watching!
I love your videos. I especially enjoy you guys taking me on a ride to visit a ghost town. I'm a history buff and you guys are great history hunters.
That is awesome! Our pleasure! Glad you like our adventures!
Keep up the good work! Any history should never be forgotten
Such amazing history. A true gem of a find by you and Sarah. Great video. Stay safe in your travels!!
Thank you! We are very safe out there! We hope you become a subscriber!
History Hunters I certainly have become a new subscriber and look forward to seeing your many adventures.
Great video. It's surprising how little is left there. . from over 100 buildings to almost nothing. great video, and documentation of it. there will be nothing left in 100 years , but maybe this video will still be out there
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
I someday wish to visit some of those ghost towns in the western USA, they fascinate me. All we have here is castles a few small towns had some more but batshit shit H and his other cronies destroyed them, and oh yes haunted forests. We do have one famous abandoned place, starts with an A and a few smaller places that have no desire to visit. I think I got this right, English isn't my first language. Anyone want to buy me a ticket from Frankfurt to the USA? j/k
I’ll come tour your cottages and castles and you can come tour ours, I’m sure we will both find interesting things 🙋🏻♂️
I love this vid, i have subscribed, want to see more. TY again
I love the history you are including with the vids. And the old photos.
You need a 4x4 to travel in those grounds. Love the old photos merging with the new.
The county road to Hawthorne is right after you leave the canyon and lucky boy pass takes you to Hawthorne
Whiskey was safer than water, same as today ... I'd be walking with a hiking stick ... Hit Side Winders ...
drink whiskey kills virus they should have a boom then
Watching history hunters from new zealand love it cant get enough of it its great sarah your husband looks like patrick duffy
Hi. Thanks for watching from New Zealand! We certainly appreciate the support! I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has drawn parallels to me and Patrick Duffy. LOL (Jeff wrote this).
I've only recently stumbled across your channel, I am so glad I did! I find historical documentaries - which your videos definitely rival - so interesting I love learning about the history of places like Aurora and Bodie! Being a Brit I am unlikely to ever get to see many of the places you go too. It's absolutely fascinating, you do so much research into the actual history of the places you visit too and the camera work & editing is fantastic. Wonderful seeing the old pictures too. Looking forward to seeing more as I work my way through your video's. Keep up the good work guys!
I lived in NV for 8 years. I explored a lot of the state myself, but two things I never went into the middle of nowhere without, one, my legging snake guards, and two, my GUNS. I wore a .44 mag Taurus Raging Bull on hip in a holster, and my AK-47 on a sling over my shoulder.
Are you likely to meet dangerous people in such a remote place?
Did you also wear a helmet with a flashing light?
@@genekelly8467 Yeah people have been disappearing in areas where there is no real jurisdiction. Four corners area in Arizona is infamous for it, especially the Navajo reservation. In rural Nevada, you never know if cartel activities are hiding around, or the kind of vagabonds like those that live near "slab city" in California
I loved this episode. Who goes out in the middle of nowhere and draws a crowd? You do! I appreciate you stated several times you couldn't take anything. Looking forward to part two.
Did the buildings collapse or were they destroyed? Where is the debris?
I'm glad you both didn't get stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Last year on Memorial Day Weekend I almost got stranded out in the Delta near Walnut Grove. I was curious and also trespassing on private property. By the Grace of God, I found a way out. I learned a valuable lesson that day. Don't Trespass and God is good all the time.
Yeah, that was a harrowing ride because the grass was getting very tall. But I will blame Google since it appeared to be a road. A long abandoned road from the 1890s, I'd say. Yep, God is good.
The great British actress Jean Simmons was in THE BIG COUNTRY, many British actors starred in cowboys !!!!
Excellent. thank you for the photo over lays. makes it so real.
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Very good video and I really like the way you blended historical photos in to match up the view today with the past.
Thank you! Glad you liked it! More are in the works!
Ghosts without a town--very sad to see. Wonderful photo match-ups and detailed history. Great job! 🙌🙌🙌
Good home for a diamondback rattler, you reckon ?
AMAZING HOW THEY GOT LUMBER, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL TO THAT FACILITY .
It is "amazing", how the Pack Animals did not kick the Miners, in the Nuts and tell the Miners to haul the LUMBER, EQUIPMENT ET CETERA their own damn selves, WILBUR.
I heard from an old cowboy that Aurora was dismantled during WW2 because it was built with brick, and those were repurposed. Unlike Bode which was built with cheap wood like fir and pine and had no repurpose.
What did they use the brick for? Steel I could see, do you have explanation?
@@brentbarnhart5827 The bricks went into construction of houses in Reno. Bodie didn't get completely dismantled, if I recall correctly, because the Cain family kept a watchman on the property. That kept it safe until it became a state park in later years.
@@patroo2 So the brick was just needed "domestically" during those years, not so much for military reasons, just as maybe becuase supplies were low? I was being kind of tunnel visioned, that makes sense. And if people just went there for the hell of it, private or govt. and just took bricks, even if abandoned buildings, that pretty much is theft if one is honest.... even if it is kind of victimless and a nothing burger. What are you doing? "Oh, nothing, just taking this abandoned building down and putting all the bricks in my truck for my new home, no big deal, nobody is inside at the moment." "okay, cool, if you need me, I'll be over here harvesting lumber under the same thought." "Cool" "yeah Cool" "if you need any help......... " (ha ha ha ha ha) "i was about to say the same thing." (ha ha ha ha ha)
@@brentbarnhart5827 In the 50's and 60's, at least in California, actual used brick was all the rage for home facades. They used old brick, not the manufactured "distressed" brick they use now. I've heard that's what caused the buildings in Aurora to disappear.
Bodie does have a few brick buildings still standing.
At 14:13 if you look carefully Jeff, there is a shiny new looking .45 ACP pistol cartridge to the left of the tin or steel cans. The aches and pains would require Laudanum. I was hit by an SUV recently and crushed my tibia plateau area as well as two ruptured discs in my back. I take Oxycodone to alleviate the pain and prefer it over alcohol.
The Chinese came to the U.S. in the 1860s looking for a new life but they ended up with the same old crap they had in China. The Japanese got it worse in WWII.
Aurora is more easily accessed by a road from Bodie.
Get a jeep mon. Subaru’s are great, but you’re getting into jeep territory.
Not just jeep country....