R.I.P. Gunfighter William E. Carder

Out in the middle of nowhere in the Aurora, Nevada cemetery, I revisited my favorite gravesite, and probably one of the oldest inscriptions in the Eastern Sierra. I give you a lot of different looks at the actual tombstone/marker for the gravesite. The GoPro video was from 2023, and the still pictures are from my visit in 2020.Show more

0:08 Biography of William E. Carder
2:29 The location of the killing
3:26 The gravesite of William E. Carder

My blog has a few pictures, but just about everything I put on it comes from this video:
https://tinyurl.com/25xvwzr2

The following books contain most of the information about Carder:

1)McGrath, Roger D. Gunfighters Highwaymen & Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier. University of California Press, 1984.
Amazon link: https://tinyurl.com/3ejduebr

McGrath's book is the classic for all the "wild west" information regarding Aurora and Bodie ghost towns. There is a page or two about Carder.

2)Silver Sue. Mineral County Nevada. Museum Ass. of Mineral County, 2011.
Amazon link: https://tinyurl.com/wzjknjwa

In the chapter about Aurora there is a short biography about Carder. It mentions his days in Western and Eastern Sierra.

3)Silver Sue. Aurora Nevada's Silent City on the Hill: An Historical Perspective. S. Silver 2011.
Amazon link: https://tinyurl.com/bdhdwmew

This is the book you want for learning about the graves at the cemetery. There is an entry and short biography for Carder.

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