![Samuel McCarty<br>Founder of Aurora](https://www.cffrv.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mccarty_samuel.jpg)
Founder of Aurora
![South Broadway in AuroraEarly 1900s](https://www.cffrv.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/aurora_s_broadway_early_1900s.jpg)
Early 1900s
The Aurora Bicentennial Fund was created with the proceeds remaining from Auroras Sesquicentennial celebration in 1987. The principal and income of the fund will be available to assist with public events associated with the celebration of the Aurora Bicentennial Anniversary in 2037.