Costco to Host Book Signing for Latter-Day Saints in Tucson

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - May 30, 2013 - PRLog -- Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Author
Cathy Ellis will be available to sign copies of Latter-day Saints of Tucson

The Sonoran Desert may seem an unlikely place for a farming community, but members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had perfected the art of irrigation in Utah. In 1900 Nephi Bingham believed he could make the desert blossom even amid saguaros and creosote. With water from the Rillito River and influxes of members from St. David, Douglas, the Gila Valley, and the colonies in Mexico, Binghampton became a distinctive enclave of Latter-day Saints in the otherwise non-LDS community of Tucson.

When a second congregation was established in Tucson proper, LDS members began to flourish and participated in nearly every aspect of city life. Today this heritage is celebrated with a monument to the 1846 entry of the Mormon Battalion and the first US flag flown over Tucson.
   
Join the Author for a Book Signing!
Where:  Costco
3901 West Costco Drive, Tucson AZ 85741
When:  Saturday, June 8th, 2013; 12:00 —3:00 p.m.

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

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.


Latter-Day Saints of Tucson
by Catherine H. Ellis
Images of America series
128 pages/ softcover
Published: April 8, 2013