Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Lewiston, Idaho Author

CLARKSTON, Wash. - June 9, 2015 - PRLog -- When a group of intrepid gold prospectors set up camp at the fork of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers in 1861, they expected to make camp for a night and move on. Instead, they made a town. It was an important--if unintended--accomplishment. And it was only the beginning of a long line of historic firsts for Lewiston, including the first capital, police department, newspaper and post office. Lewiston also boasted the state's first brewery and first vigilante association, both founded in the same year, appropriately enough. Join local historian and lifelong educator Steven D. Branting as he offers the first-ever chronology of unprecedented events, accolades and incidents that shaped Lewiston and Idaho from the city's founding to the present day.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Costco

301 5^th St., Clarkston WA 99403

When:  Saturday, June 20^th, 2015; 1:00 p.m.—3:00 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/9781467113397/Burr-Ridge).

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.  Discover more than 8,500 small towns and downtowns at http://www.arcadiapublishing.com.

Historic Firsts of Lewiston, Idaho: Unintended Greatness

by Steven D. Branting

The History Press

176 pages/ softcover

Available: February 5, 2013