Search for Western Gunfighter in Aurora, Nevada's ghost town cemetery
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Come follow Jeff & Sarah of History Hunters as they check out the Aurora, Nevada cemetery and try to find the elusive 1864 grave of notorious western gunslinger William Carder. Will they actually find the cemetery's most famous gravesite? #williamcarder #auroracemetery #nevadahistory #historyhunters #jbenziggy
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I love Sarah's honesty, she tells it like it is , doesn't sugar coat anything
Been there many many times, as I used to be a steward for Aurora. On the back of the sign as you come into the cemetery is a list of all the people known to have been buried there. Carder's grave is isolated from all the others because he was so hated that they refused to allow him to be buried with everyone else.
Somewhere around Aurora is a Chinese cemetery that remains undiscovered, likely on the same hill.
Yeah, Carder was a real jerk whose death was celebrated statewide. Thanks for watching!
Do you have a list our family roots are there
This is the 5th video that I have watched of yours, and enjoyed all of them. I work at a gold mine in central Nevada, and do a lot of investigating on my time off. Thank you
I'm a new subscriber and I have fallen in love with your videos. I enjoy going to places that I will likely never have the chance to go. I think that you and Sarah are a great match together. Stay happy and enjoy each other. I lost my first husband many years ago ( almost 40 years now). I'm comfortable in being alone. But sometimes I wonder if I should have looked for a good man again. You two look happy together. Bless you both.
Welcome to our channel! Glad you like what we do! I am so sorry that your husband died so long ago. I lost my wife to leukemia in 2013. I am glad Sarah is in my life. If you have to be alone it’s good that you are comfortable in it. Enjoy your life. Each day is a gift from God! Blessings to you!
Great 2 videos. I tried to get to the town from Bodie never made it got stuck. Too bad it was not there anymore liked the style of it. Would be great sister city of Bodie to visit..
This episode really prove that you are a History Hunter. By the way, love the ending where Sarah is playing Red Dead Redemption 2, it's one of my favorite videogame. 🤠
Enjoyed the video. How disgraceful that some vermin would steal the children's headstones.
Steve Oster isn’t it disgusting? Some people are unbelievable! Thanks for watching!
Disgusting!
My new favorite channel! Thank you! A real History channel!
Jeff another good one!! Well done.
Thank you! I think I produced this in record time! I appreciate your kind words!
I’m hooked on the history of the west. Thank you Jeff.
Hi Jeff! I'm a new subscriber. I want to thank you for this visit to Aurora. In the early 70's my husband I made frequent visits to Bodie ( we lived in Tahoe). I always want to go over to Aurora but friends said not to bother. For years I regretted that. I know there isn't much left but I'm so happy to at least see it. And I really wanted to see the graveyard. Thank you, again. I love ALL your videos and I'm a huge fan
Thank you so much for telling us about your visits to Bodie! We hope you continue liking our videos!!!
Watched the first video as well. I like the effort and research you put into your vids. Especially the overlay shots of past and present. I hung out in that area on weekends years ago. A lot of history on the east side of the Sierras in that area. Subbed.
Thanks so very much for the positive feedback! We try to make it as professional as we can!
I can't imagine the hardships the Chinese workers had to go through working on these mines. I just hope someday their grave site is discovered.
agree
Just watched the two Aurora videos and really enjoyed them. I love that the town's all gone - leaves it all to the imagination. But a really well presented history documentary, thank you.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed reliving the history of that great town with us!
Wow, amazing you hung in there and found Carder's grave!
Yes I did! Almost gave up though because it seemed futile!
Virginia city has some wonderful cemeteries and stories. Thank you to you both .
Truly fun stuff! I stumbled across your channel by accident! Now I'm totally hooked! You guys rock!!!
Former Mineral County Commissioner Allen Connelly and Mineral County Clerk/Treasurer Martha Barlow are the last two people buried in the Aurora Cemetery, Allen in 1991 and Martha in 1993. I worked with and learned much on how politics actually worked in Mineral County from both of them when I was a county commissioner from 1989 - 1993.
I noticed those newer black headstones and wanted to ask. Thank you for the info.
@@deniseleaps They both received special permission (not sure who from, I don't remember them telling me about it too much) to be buried there.
@@anthonylessard6534 Interesting.
You guys are so cool. Thanks for the video 👍
Not any easy task of the past with the town gone and sage brush and a pine growing ..In Ep 17 that is quite an undertaking without town maps and a layout of the town.. Gawd what a job when it's almost all gone like this and you have almost nothing to work with except a brick here and there..
But with very little to go on out in the middle of nowhere in sagebrush and pine you found the grave you were searching for, that's a feat all by itself .. I have done some searching in the past here in the Pacific Northwest only to find a old metal bed headrail laying on the ground and picket fence parts and a tree growing out of the grave in the middle of the forest or i assumed it is the grave.. Lot of work to go through and rough country, hot dusty , and dry , looked like Sara was having fun too.. This was really well done and put together .. That's good compass skills out in the middle of nowhere..I find my GPS handheld unit is very useful not so much to locate the objective but to mark it as i do return to places more than once..
Awsome work guys,getting very polished .Take care.
Jeff, just discovered your channel and subscribed.
Excellent work!
I like Sarah's sunny disposition :)
We are so glad that you found our channel and I hope that you enjoy all of the episodes we have produced and are going to produce. We are growing leaps and bounds. I appreciate your support.
Wow who had any idea that doing a UA-cam channel would be so difficult 😂 finding history isn't easy! Great job you guys really enjoyed it thanks for taking us on the adventure.
VERY COOL GUYS, ALL THE INTRIGUE !! I WAS GLUED !! YOUR SHOW IS AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN ANY ON CABLE OR THE HISTORY CHANNEL, GOOD JOB !!
You referred to the 3 links on the gravestones as belonging to the "International Order of Oddfellows". This is the second time I've heard this and it is wrong. They are the "INDEPENDENT Order of Oddfellows" (I.O.O.F.), and the F, L, T in each link stands for Friendship, Love and Truth, their motto. I personally know this has been so for the last 100+ years as I am a 3rd generation member. My Grandfather joined in Indiana around 1900, my father joined in Texas around 1930 and I joined the Order in California in 1962. Whoever started the incorrect title may have confused them with the I.O.F, which is the International Order of Foresters.
Thanks for that info. I've always wondered about the specifics.
I'm an odd fellow and I don't belong to any organization!
Wow columbia, ca. I love that place. Been there a lot. Did not know the info about carder.
Sitting here at home watching this episode a year after you did and rooting you on. You found the Grave. What an exciting moment. It's fun finding a grave, but sometimes the search isn't as fun. I remember being so pissed off trying to find Don Rickles grave. I spent almost two hours walking around in circles looking for his grave. Never found it. Great Video!
I approach cemeteries with a bit of anxiety for fear I won't find the good ones. I sometimes use photos and look at the backgrounds to help narrow the search! Honestly, we never would have found William Carder's grave without the clues provided by Dave's wife, but honestly those clues were not ironclad in clarity either. Thanks for watching, Chris!
I've been there many times as well. I was told that the graves in the farthest section back are those of people not in good standing with the community.
It sad there was the town and now it is gone. Just imagine today's towns and cities vanish also. I love history so I will enjoy this.
That was a cool marker is Samuel Clemens. My husband is a descendant of his. Our last name is Clemans as well but along the line a cousin of Samuel Clemens’ changed the spelling to “clemans” and we are in that particular line. Super cool to see his grave. My husbands uncle looks nearly identical to him. It’s crazy. I love this stuff. Appreciate you all
I love your videos. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Thank you I appreciate guys for your sacrifice on this one very interesting i enjoyed it.🙏🏻
Interesting . I have just started watching a couple your vids. I just subscribed and will watch more.
Won't regret it, enjoy all their posts.
I may still be laughing. Love Sarah. How much fun could be had?
All-in-all an interestingly fun episode.
thanks for all the bushwhacking to get there! you guys have one of the most informative channels! ... happy trails always....
Awesome! Thank you! We returned to Nevada to shoot more shows this weekend.
I am surprised by the graves with plastic flowers-must be visited regularly.
There are volunteers from Mineral County that keep an eye on things and leave the flowers.
Was just watching this one, and I've got to admit... The description of how William Carder picked on people made me laugh. It was as if he was one of the three stooges, or Biff Tannen. He would "slap people in the face, kick them, pull their ears, and twist their noses." 🤣 Despite that, those folks lives a horrible and tough life. So much heartbreak and tragedy.
Great video, sorry it took me so long to watch it. Thank you Jeff and Sarah!
Maybe that's where Moe Howard got his inspiration! 😁
Thank you so much for your video I thought it was great 😊
I am really enjoying your channel keep up the awesome work :)
Nice job. I'm used to bumpy roads since 13yrs old. 59yrs now. Back then lived in the northern sierras near Downieville, ca in the middle of nowhere. Step dad was placer mining. I discovered lots of evidence of past miners and vacationers from 1910, 1930, 1950, on. Maybe further back. Up there 2019 just along hwy 49 saw several mining museums I don't recall from 1974. ☺
Excellent as usual Jeff and Sarah.
Hal Hunter thank you kind sir. I appreciate you doing our work.
Awesome!!! This one turned out really good!! Goin back in a couple days
Thanks for all your help! I'm glad we met that day!
Fascinating history and video . Thank you for the tour love history
Great video's very well done, you have me hooked as the history of the west, mining/pioneer history is a great interest of mine, I live in Central Idaho where the is much history similar to Aurora's. I have a channel as well but my video's are not done as well as yours. I have some footage of Atlanta, Idaho, which is on the edge of the Sawtooth Mountains founded in 1864, anyway keep up the good work. I will be watching
Thank you, Bruce! I appreciate the nice words! Jeff
Very informative well put together presentation . Like how you guys add narrator over the videos as well.
It's me again and this time I wanted to tell you both that finish seeing Bodie one and two that you both did and now Aurora and I love stuff like this Keep up the good work
Thank you for another great vid..
You are most welcome! Thanks!
Love the channel and content. Keep it up
Vanilla Gorilla Thank you very much. I very much appreciate encouragement. Our channel seems to be exploding this month. LOL
Red dead redemption 1&2 are my favourite games good to see that Sarah gets enjoyment from rdr2👍🏻😊😊
I'm trash at RDR 2. I completed RDR1. Love the games!
You have hit upon an effective style and formula and I enjoy your work very much.
That is a supreme compliment! (I want to stand out in the crowd). Thank you so much!
RDR 1 and playying RDR2 your wife rocks : ) Its tha that game that got me into the wild west, Im from the UK
History Hunter time! Here we go.. (he takes a sip of red wine) 🍷
Thank you so much, I have been researching my family history and this helps
Thank you for watching! How did it help you out?
I don't understand why you got some thumbs down, they must of been jealous. I think you guy's need something with more clearance to make it more enjoyable. Great conclusion video.
Thanks. Yeah I'm not sure why people give a thumbs down. We think we do a good job. It could be jealousy for whatever reason. But honestly critics abound and we see the thumbs up or down as a sign we're making an impact on UA-cam. Fortunately our percentage of haters is only about 1 percent so it's pretty insignificant!
@@jbenziggy Amen... Keep Up the Great Content! ❤️
Persistence pays off! 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏
Thanks. The cemeteries are the best. Just found your site. Love the history of the west
I really appreciate your presentation, thanks.
Well, here I am visiting Aurora with Jeff and Sarah in the early morning. Wowwwwwwwza,,,what a trip. You both put SO much into your videos.
These stories, unless told by you, researched by you, walked by you...may never be told and that would be a shame.
Mega congrats on this one. So welll researched and you didn't give up.
I just added a project to my list.
😃
Thank you very much, Janice. You have no idea how much we sweated that trip in. We weren’t sure we were going to make it one way or the other. Lol
Found the grave, very cool!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! Great history! I think next time you do this bring a lot of water. I almost felt like that lady sent you on a wild goose chase!
We did bring a lot of water. I was the one who plotted the route based on Google maps so take complete blame on us nearly getting into trouble with her car. But we did make it! Thanks for watching!
Wonderful history stories. I enjoy your narration and stories.
Thank you very much!
Great video. What is that music running in the background at 11:01 ♥️???
My favorite vlogs are the cemetery ones.
I love your drone shots.
Thanks!
Was good did love this one you two did there lots of old towns around Fresno
Awesome! I would keep the grave location secret....if people want to see it seek it themselves....
Trust me, it's really hard to find as it is! LOL
Great investigative work. Interesting story.
Just reviewing episodes I have watched before and remembered I taught my son to drive using the road from Bodie to Auroa. Not much there but you got to look for things still there.
WOW!!!!!
Great show......
Thank you very much, Brenda we appreciate it.
It sounds like he got off by the, “He needed killing”, defense. Whatever works.
When you went to Bridgeport..you missed the “hot springs…”behind the Fish and Game office… I met a ninety year old miner who showed me how to find it… I was reading a geology book.. and he volunteered “I know wher you can find “travertine”.. The hot springs are called Travertine.. The “Paiute “ Indians used them for their healing properties.
Yes I want to go back and find it!
I guess I'm the only person that doesn't play video games. But I also only watch things that I can learn something from so I realize I'm a bit odd.
Actually Brad I don’t play video games myself and Sarah rarely plays them but I happened to catch her playing this game for a little bit.
I'm like you, Brad. No time for video games when there is so much history to be discovered on the internet and in books. (And then there's the lack of leisure time in my life)
intresting history location you found the grave you were looking for great job 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! We always have fun checking out historical places!
Great job! I've ben to Bodie many times, always wanted to explore Aurora.
Not much left of the town, unfortunately.
I like really this video on UA-cam 👍
Do you ever feel unsafe, walking around in remote places like that? What if someone came at you with a gun?
Only place I felt unsafe was in Stockton! Nobody was really at Aurora. In fact we met a new friend there!
Thanks so much folks for the very interesting story of Aurora. And thanks so much for all of the history that you have discovered and shared as well, so many of the videos like this from so many other ppl have no or little background story.
Thank you. I strive to give more than others and I know it's resonating as our channel is growing by leaps and bounds. I appreciate you mentioning this. I also strive to be as accurate as I can be. Please honor us by subscribing David!
@@jbenziggy I did subscribe. :-)
David Payton well I thank you very much for doing so!!!
Great find and adventure
Thank you for watching!!!
That sounds like one of our road trips. lol
Sarah still hasn't quit talking about it! Ha ha! She said never again! Thanks for commenting and please, I invite you to subscribe to my channel. I'm trying to build it up for greater things! Thank you!
Great video , we visited Aurora Nevada quite a few years ago, a person was using a metal detector and told us his brother found a $20 gold piece a CL month earlier
Just found your channel, love the content. I have traveled to Aurora from Bodie twice to visit the cemetery when I had a 4wd vehicle, once the ranger at Bodie asked me to report back on the condition of the road, the snow had just melted. In the video you mentioned an easier route to Aurora. Can this route be taken with a 2 wd vehicle i.e. Honda Element? Thanks
Wow!! 33? Died a young man. If only I could be 33 again. Maybe something happened to the guy to make him angry and so hated...maybe he was just reacting from a very bad experience. BTW your videos are beautifully filmed.
Thank you, George. I appreciate the compliments! We're trying to improve.
I’ve heard that sometimes you’ll find murderers and other criminals buried away from the rest of the town’s people in these ghost town cemeteries. Can’t confirm that that is why this one was in such a random location. But just a bit of unconfirmed info.
My favorites!
Glad you found it
Us too!
Sarah you sure were a good traveling partner. Very good video.
Thank you for your kind words.
Great job.
In your search I keep thinking.. Northeast edge next to the fence it drops off just past the edge of the graveyard. His homicide would never be justified today, where you have to believe your life is under an immediate threat. You can't just kill someone because you think they will kill you later. But it was a different time.
A great explore and very sad. Carder, although a bit of a hothead was very young to die in such a way. I wonder if he has any living relatives to this day. I also wonder if the woman you met on the trail, placed flowers on some of the graves. This place needs some kind of caretaker to help preserve the history.
There are caretakers of sorts. The state of Nevada has volunteer site stewards that visit the site every few weeks. Their primary purpose is to look for vandalism, and theft, but they will also clean up after the tourists that visit.
True to your site's name, The History Hunter; hunted and found.
Thank you, Uncle Roy! I'm glad to have you as one of my devoted followers!
Thank YOU, the pleasure of your videos is thanks enough
History hunters can you please investigate the San Gabriel mountains in California regarding the history of the East fork. We don't know too much about it or know any old pictures of it. Thanks
How did I miss this one??
I'd like to see you guys do something about Michigan bluff and dead wood California
For future exploration trips, I recommend Benchmark Maps Nevada atlas. It helps me find old town sites and landsailing dry lake access. Google Earth is another good backup as one can take waypoints from it for use with GPS units or smartphone apps where cellular service is available,
Very Good
Great video. Who was the narrator for your Aurora videos? He sounded familiar
His name is Kevin Crocker.
2nd watch, always good !
That was stretching the limits of the Subaru Outback. Next time get a 4X4 rental that has some ground clearance.
There won't be another trip to this location but thanks for the advice.
how very sad for all those children. Rip
Finding this one late!! Y'all scared me going off in the desert by yourselves!! No phone signal! Geeze! Promise not to be dangerous like this again!! Thanks for the trouble but don't put yourselves in Danger!!💖