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Wilder Park

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Wilder Park was given to Aurora in 1857 by Roswell Wilder, 1784-1860, a soldier in the War of 1812, landlord of the Wilder Hotel, a pioneer stage house, builder of the first school in West Aurora in 1839, and a public benefactor.
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