Does anyone know anything about the two hotels in Aurora? My grandmother gave me a lovely gold pin with a big garnet in it. She said her father found it below the front steps of a hotel (which she said he ran for a while). It looks very Spanish. Very old. But I've never been able to find out about the hotel. My greatgrandfather was a VERY mysterious person....later in his life he deserted the second family while they were living in KC (circa 1911) (THEY thought he had died on the way to work!) and then he re-appeared to the children of his first marriage. I have heard from the second family that he was a gambler and I wouldn't doubt if this pin didn't come from a card game instead of the hotel steps.... My grandmother was born in 1883 in Rome, TX. His name was Joseph Worth Ray. The mysteries I discovered in his life story were responsible for all of my interest in genealogy. Only a few years ago the descendants of the second family found me and learned that he had just walked out on that family. Unfortunately I may never find out what caused him to do that, or where he went for 9 years. But through the efforts of a friend, I did finally get the probate papers for his father and learn the name of his grandfather. Janet Hubbard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXWISE] The Aurora mystery Here is one story about Aurora. Julie _Handbook of Texas Online:_ (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hla29.html) <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Aurora died out as a town due to three elements around the turn of the Century (1900). 1. The coal mines petered out. 2. The railroad relocated 3. The plague came, killing a significant part of the population. The plague generally was caused by infected water in shallow wells serving the houses, mostly just to the north east of the intersection of Highway 114 and Derting Road. D. A. Sharpe On Feb 28, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Janet Hubbard wrote: > Does anyone know anything about the two hotels in Aurora? My > grandmother > gave me a lovely gold pin with a big garnet in it. She said her father > found it below the front steps of a hotel (which she said he ran for a > while). It looks very Spanish. Very old. But I've never been able to > find out about the hotel. > > My greatgrandfather was a VERY mysterious person....later in his > life he > deserted the second family while they were living in KC (circa 1911) > (THEY thought he had died on the way to work!) and then he re-appeared > to the children of his first marriage. I have heard from the second > family that he was a gambler and I wouldn't doubt if this pin didn't > come from a card game instead of the hotel steps.... > > My grandmother was born in 1883 in Rome, TX. His name was Joseph Worth > Ray. The mysteries I discovered in his life story were responsible for > all of my interest in genealogy. > > Only a few years ago the descendants of the second family found me and > learned that he had just walked out on that family. Unfortunately I > may > never find out what caused him to do that, or where he went for 9 > years. > But through the efforts of a friend, I did finally get the probate > papers for his father and learn the name of his grandfather. > > Janet Hubbard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] The Aurora mystery > > Here is one story about Aurora. Julie > > _Handbook of Texas Online:_ > (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hla29.html) > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers > free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

This would have been about 1890. Not as late as 1900 because by then he'd gone on the land run to Indian Territory/Oklahoma. Janet -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DA Sharpe Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TXWISE] The Aurora mystery Aurora died out as a town due to three elements around the turn of the Century (1900). 1. The coal mines petered out. 2. The railroad relocated 3. The plague came, killing a significant part of the population. The plague generally was caused by infected water in shallow wells serving the houses, mostly just to the north east of the intersection of Highway 114 and Derting Road. D. A. Sharpe On Feb 28, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Janet Hubbard wrote: > Does anyone know anything about the two hotels in Aurora? My > grandmother > gave me a lovely gold pin with a big garnet in it. She said her father > found it below the front steps of a hotel (which she said he ran for a > while). It looks very Spanish. Very old. But I've never been able to > find out about the hotel. > > My greatgrandfather was a VERY mysterious person....later in his > life he > deserted the second family while they were living in KC (circa 1911) > (THEY thought he had died on the way to work!) and then he re-appeared > to the children of his first marriage. I have heard from the second > family that he was a gambler and I wouldn't doubt if this pin didn't > come from a card game instead of the hotel steps.... > > My grandmother was born in 1883 in Rome, TX. His name was Joseph Worth > Ray. The mysteries I discovered in his life story were responsible for > all of my interest in genealogy. > > Only a few years ago the descendants of the second family found me and > learned that he had just walked out on that family. Unfortunately I > may > never find out what caused him to do that, or where he went for 9 > years. > But through the efforts of a friend, I did finally get the probate > papers for his father and learn the name of his grandfather. > > Janet Hubbard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] The Aurora mystery > > Here is one story about Aurora. Julie > > _Handbook of Texas Online:_ > (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hla29.html) > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers > free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message