Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Pocatello Authors

POCATELLO, Idaho - April 22, 2014 - PRLog -- Pocatello, named in honor of a Shoshoni tribal chief, began as a stage station between Salt Lake City and the gold mines in Montana. By 1878 tracks of the Utah & Northern Railway were laid through the valley. A narrow strip of shops and living quarters built alongside them became known as Pocatello Junction.

From its beginnings, Pocatello demonstrated its distinction as an economic hub after the Oregon Short Line Railroad moved its main operations there from Eagle Rock, now Idaho Falls. This further facilitated the growth of Pocatello which was incorporated as a city in 1893.

The establishment of the Academy of Idaho, now Idaho State University, signaled the growing importance of Pocatello as a center of learning. The town's influence as a cultural headquarters is evidenced by the top-level talent that was attracted to local theaters.

The continued growth of Pocatello, fueled by its significance as a rail junction, led to the city becoming the major metropolitan area in southeastern Idaho.

Join the Authors for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

305 West Quinn Rd., Pocatello ID 83201

When: Saturday, May 3^rd, 2014; 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/9780738596457/Pocatello)

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 arcadiapublishing.com (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/).

Pocatello

by Walter P. Mallette, Lance J. Holladay

Images of America series

128 pages/ softcover

Available: March 25, 2013