Discover the History of Hillsboro, Texas

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Oct. 21, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Hillsboro from The Hillsboro Heritage League. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images and memories from the early days of Hillsboro.

Situated on the “Main Street of Texas,” Hillsboro’s influence has radiated far beyond its locale on Interstate 35 in Central Texas. Once a part of the Texas frontier, the area was settled by pioneers in the 1840s and in 1853, the Texas legislature created Hill County.

Located east of the Brazos River on the Blackland Prairie, the dusty cattle town of Hillsboro soon became the county seat. In 1881, the railroad transformed Hillsboro, attracting migrant farmers and merchants from the Old South. By 1900, Hillsboro was a center for cotton production and public buildings and homes still testify to the influence of “king cotton.” Politics have long been a staple of the culture and Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, Attys. Gen. Thomas S. Smith and Crawford Martin, Speakers of the House T.S. Smith, Robert Lee Bobbitt and Robert W. Calvert, and Sam D. Johnson have all called Hillsboro home.

Images of America: Hillsboro shares the history of the area through a stunning collection of vintage images.  By allowing readers to view scenes from the past, the book hopes to honor the community and the leaders that have left their mark.

Chapters included in Hillsboro:

•The Courthouse
•Cotton Culture and Industry
•How We Got There and Back
•Downtown and Around
•Service to Community and Country
•Home and Hearth
•Centers of Learning
•Social and Cultural Pursuits
•Houses of Worship
•From the Courthouse to the Capitol

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/.