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For the latest news, access to an archive of past news releases or to follow the city on Facebook or Twitter, visit the city's website at www. All rights reserved. Galena Blvd. Group Tour Overview Request for Proposal. Events Calendar. Book Your Stay Today! Summers, it roasted us. If we opened the windows for ventilation, the sounds of the street and the tavern across the street drifted into the meeting. And every Sunday, exactly on schedule, the California Zephyr … roared by, rattling the windows and drowning out the speaker.

There is no longer a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints in Aurora, although there are half a dozen in the greater Chicago area. House designed and built by Bob at N. Edgelawn c. Having a houseful of little boys and a girl to raise, having obligations to the church and having irregular income began to take their toll. Louise managed to find part-time jobs. None of this was easy. In May of she wrote to their daughter, who was away at Brigham Young University:.

Our grass is about six inches high, the flower bed in back is just torn up, nothing fixed right, we have motorcycle parts and a go-cart and junk and more junk all over the back yard. The flower bed in front is just started, nothing done. It needs a good cleaning. No ironing is done, this office is piled under junk and paper, etc.

We hope to have a garden, but nothing is done there either. I really want a garden. I really feel the gospel is the most important thing in the world. Everything we do should be subordinate to it. If you have to choose between housework and a well-prepared Primary lesson she was a volunteer religion teacher , you prepare the lesson. Daughter Ginger Erekson Hamer c.

While Bob worked in fits and starts, Louise continued to accept and prioritize assignments as a church volunteer, but the wolf was at the door. We are down to the last crumb at this house she wrote in a letter. We have dry milk, potatoes and bread, and hopes of a paycheck tonight. Soon life in Aurora simply crumbled. By midnight they and their three youngest children were on the road in their Rambler station wagon to lay the groundwork for their next chapter.

The move was not as random as it sound, since friends had long raved to them about what a great place Billings was. It certainly suited the Ereksons. In response, Aurora initiated downtown redevelopment and border annexations , welcoming riverboat casinos, mixed-use business parks, and residential communities to create 20, jobs. In Aurora's population was 32 percent Hispanic and 11 percent black. The city remains a self-sufficient community, independent of Chicago for its identity, but connected to it through the economic patterns that tie suburbs, edge cities, and central cities together.

Aurora is frequently referred to as a Chicago suburb, most often by the nonlocal media or for promotional purposes. Palmer, Susan L. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals. Additional information on copyright and permissions.