Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Mokena Author

ORLAND PARK, Ill. - Dec. 4, 2013 - PRLog -- Founded in 1852 by Allen Denny, a War of 1812 veteran and operator on the Underground Railroad, Mokena has for over 150 years been a center of commerce and a transportation hub. Meaning “turtle” in the ancient Algonquin tongue that was fluently spoken in this region for centuries, Mokena rose to prominence with the completion of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in 1852 and would bustle in the post–Civil War era.

Home to such unique industries as the Mokena Mineral Springs and the Mitchel Brewery in the 20th century, the village is today a renowned suburb of Chicago. The author is proud to present Mokena, along with the photographs and stories contained within; many of which are made public here for the first time. Galik regards the book as a present to the Village of Mokena, a place he will always call home.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Costco

9915 W 159^th St, Orland Park IL 60462

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.

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?

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Join author and local historian Matthew T. Galik as he takes the reader on a journey through yesteryear in the photographs of the Robert Horras Collection. In this culmination of years of research through crumbling documents and musty archives, people will learn about Mokena as a rural Midwestern farm town, a place where everyone knew each other and that families and friends still call home.

Mokena

by Matthew T. Galik

Images of America series

128 pages/ softcover

Available: November 7, 2011