Costco to Host Book Signing for Treasure Valley's Electric Railway

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - May 30, 2013 - PRLog -- Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Authors
Barbara Perry Bauer and Elizabeth Jacox will be available to sign copies of Treasure Valley’s Electric Railway

Idaho's Treasure Valley, named for the gold and silver once mined in the area, encompasses Ada and Canyon Counties in the southwest corner of the state. Boise City was founded in 1863 when the US Army built a fort at the crossroads of the Oregon Trail and the road to the Boise Basin gold mines. Boise soon became the major distribution center for supplies and fresh food for miners.

By 1890, with the development of agriculture and the expansion of the railroad, towns stretched west along the Boise River to the Oregon border. A boom in the early 20th century was due in part to the electric railway, a modern transportation system linking Boise to the communities of Meridian, Eagle, Nampa, Caldwell and Middleton. The electric railway era lasted from 1891 to 1928 and supported the growth of neighborhoods and communities, inspired the creation of local parks and provided recreation and entertainment opportunities to rural and urban residents.

Join the Authors for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
16700 N Marketplace Blvd., Nampa ID 83687
When:  Saturday, June 8th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.


Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places.  Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.


Treasure Valley's Electric Railway
by Barbara Perry Bauer, Elizabeth Jacox
Images of Rail series
128 pages/ softcover
Published: March 25, 2013