1872
James H. Shaffer Builds a Large Summer Hotel in Aurora
Oren F. Morton's county history identifies a large Aurora hotel built by James H. Shaffer in 1872. It was one of two large hotels that particularly accommodated the visitors drawn each summer by Aurora's mountain setting, cool water, and opportunities for pleasure riding.
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Oren F. Morton, A History of Preston County, West Virginia, vol. I (1914), p. 261
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