more on Aurora

 
 
 Aurora has a population of 4,225 people and growing; it is a charming town with huge old houses as well as new subdivisions. The town square looks like something out of a picture book, with a historic red limestone courthouse, statues, large trees and beautiful lawn with benches. Surrounding the courthouse are shops on the four brick streets, with refurbished historic-looking streetlights. The city has resurrected the old movie theatre.
Aurora has a wonderful museum -- the Plainsman. We were lucky to get there on the last day of a traveling Smithsonian exhibit "Between Fences". The exhibit explored the history and meaning of the fence from colonial times through the settlement of the Great Plains to today's fencing of our southern border. The permanent exhibits of the Plainsman are above average -- there is a sod house inside the museum as well as many other treasures too numerous to mention. This is a large museum with a large second building devoted to agricultural history. Well worth visiting and a real bargain at the $4 senior fee.
Also in Aurora is the Edgerton Explorit Center which we did not have time for on this visit. Next time!

Quote for the day:
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out.
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall.
That wants it down." -- Robert Frost