Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Ripon, CA Author

RIPON, Calif. - June 5, 2014 - PRLog -- Like California, the valley town of Ripon owes it beginnings to early adventurers. A group of Mormons looking for the "Promised Land" in 1846 were the first Europeans to settle along the Stanislaus River near Ripon. In 1850 another adventurous early pioneer, William H. Crow, settled in the region and the first school to be established in the county was subsequently named for him 12 years later in 1862.

William H. Hughes purchased 1,300 acres in 1857 and in 1872 he gave the railroad a right-of-way and provided land for the depot known as Stanislaus Station. Amplias B. Crook, postmaster of this station, proposed in 1874 to rename the community in honor of his hometown, Ripon, Wisconsin. Hence California's Ripon was established on December 21, 1874.

Lifelong Ripon resident John P. Mangelos worked with the archives of the Ripon Historical Society to create this volume of vintage images. His hope is to bring the past to life in the present and to ignite a desire for future generations to embrace the great values upon which Ripon was founded.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where-  Costco

2440 Daniels St., Manteca CA 95336

When-Saturday, June 14^th, 2014; 11:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m.

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

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.

Ripon

by John P. Mangelos

Images of America series

128 pages/ softcover

Available: April 4, 2011