Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Sanger Authors

FRESNO, Calif. - Nov. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- The arrival of the railroad in 1887 brought rumors of Kings River Lumber Company’s plan to build a flume for shipping lumber from the forest to the valley floor and the town literally boomed overnight. Founded in 1888, Sanger officially incorporated in 1911 and was named in honor of Joseph Sanger, secretary of the Southern Pacific Railroad Yardmasters Association. In 1866, early pioneer Mary Jane Hazelton planted the area’s first orange grove. Later, Harvey Akers established the first vineyard. In the 1920s, after many years of struggle, the lumber era came to a close and was replaced by agriculture. Packinghouses sprang up around Sanger and area fruit was shipped around the country via the railroad. Images of America: Sanger celebrates this unique history by showcasing a collection of vintage images.

*2013 marks the 125^th Anniversary of the founding of Sanger!*

Join the authors for a signing:

Where:  Costco

380 West Ashlan Avenue, Clovis CA 93612

When:  Saturday, November 23^rd, 2013; 11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

and

7100 N. Abby Street, Fresno CA 93720

When:  Saturday, December 7^th, 2013; 11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467130189/Sanger).

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 http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/.

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The Sanger Historical Society hopes that by opening its archives, residents will not only remember but also treasure their local history. The society hopes that this book will encourage folks to preserve Sanger’s fading history and to learn from those that came before them. As the Sanger Historical Society motto states: “A town with a future needs to remember its past.”

Sanger

by Scott Haugland, Ken Marcantonio, and Hal Shaw with the Sanger Historical Society

Images of America Series

128 pages/ softcover

Available: October 14,  2013