Costco to Host Book Signing for Bend

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - May 31, 2013 - PRLog -- Costco to Host Book Signing for Bend
Local Author will be available to sign copies of pictorial history

Bend, astride the Deschutes River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range, got its name from a place on the river that runs through it. Pioneer travelers called the place Farewell Bend because it was where they had their last view of the double bend in the river that afforded a good place to camp and to ford the waterway, otherwise flowing through deep canyons. When the U.S. Post Office Department approved a name for a post office established there in 1886, it settled on a shorter version-Bend-because there already was a Farewell Bend on the Snake River in eastern Oregon.

Arrival of a railroad in 1911 connected Bend with a market for Central Oregon's vast timber resources. Large sawmills began operations in 1916 and Bend grew tenfold in 10 years. And it kept on growing into a favored place to live. By its centennial in 2005, some 75,000 people called Bend home.

Author royalties from the sale of this book will go to the Deschutes County Historical Society to support its museum and programs.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
2500 Northeast Highway 20, Bend OR 97701
When:  Saturday, June 15th, 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
www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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.

Bend
by Deschutes County Historical Society
Images of America Series
128 pages/ softcover
Published: October 26, 2009