Bob Stewart - former reporter, press secretary, natural resource agencies liaison and Bureau of Land Management public relations officer - will give a presentation on the Nevada ghost town Aurora on Thursday at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center.
Although a Midwesterner by birth, Stewart became interested in Nevada history shortly after arriving in the state in 1962. Since then, he has focused on the territorial period, especially the mining town of Aurora.
After many inquiries into the old town site, in 1994, the Friends of Bodie State Park commissioned Stewart to write a 48-page book on Aurora. In 2004, Stewart expanded the book to 128 pages. He is writing 16 more pages for a new volume scheduled to be released in 2010.
Stewart will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday. Lectures are free and are held in the downstairs classroom in the museum, 1477 Highway 395 in Gardnerville. For more information call 782-2555.
