Costco To Host Book Signing for Local Baltimore Area Authors

Local authors will be available to sign copies of Towson and Howard County pictorial histories
 
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - June 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Before the birth of our nation, brothers William and Thomas Towson forged a hamlet north of Baltimore on the trade route to York, Pennsylvania, at its junction with a Native American trail known as Joppa Road. In 1854, Towsontown was established as the county seat by popular vote, and the cornerstone of the Baltimore County Courthouse was laid.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
9919 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore MD 21220
When:  Saturday, June 15th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.

Although it did not officially become a county until 1851, Howard County has a long and varied history that spans more than 400 years. Named for Revolutionary War hero John Eager Howard, this rapidly suburbanizing county features a landscape dotted with farms and grand manor homes situated on rolling farmland that plunges down into the Patapsco River Valley. There, in 1772, the Ellicott brothers established a mill-driven economy that became a center of prosperity, industry, and higher education as well as a home to the first railroad station in America, the National Road, and the first and largest multi-span masonry railroad bridge in the world.

Today, Howard County is one of the wealthiest and most progressive counties in the nation. With its rural roots, intriguing architecture, and the charming 18th-century mill town of Ellicott City and the planned community of Columbia as its crown jewels, Howard County offers both the actual and the armchair visitor a wealth of exploration opportunities.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
6675 Marie Curie Drive, Elkridge MD 21075
When:  Saturday, June 15th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.

Towson
by Melissa Schehlein
Then and Now Series
96 pages/ softcover
Published: April 11, 2011

Howard County
by The Howard County Historical Society
Images of America Series
128 pages/ softcover
Published: August 22, 2011

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

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.
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