Aurora

Aurora occupies the broad, cultivated French Prairie in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, east of the Willamette River. This small town is closely tied to the Aurora Colony, a communal settlement founded in 1856 by followers of the German-born religious leader Wilhelm Keil. Former colony homes and buildings form the Aurora Colony Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, while the Aurora Colony Museum interprets the community’s shared-work traditions. Fields, nurseries and farm roads still define the surroundings, with Portland and Salem beyond the valley’s open plain. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Aurora and the Willamette Valley.

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