Costco to Host Book Signing for Oak Cliff History

DUNCANVILLE, Texas - Oct. 31, 2014 - PRLog -- From Arcadia Publishing and local authors Alan C. Elliott, Patricia K. Summey and Gayla Brooks Kokel, Oak Cliff  boasts more than 200 vintage photographs.

An advertisement heralded, “Oak Cliff gets its name from the massive oaks that crown the soft green cliffs.” Originally called Hord’s Ridge for its founder William Henry Hord, the area was purchased by two enterprising developers, Thomas L. Marsalis and John S. Armstrong, and renamed Oak Cliff. Also touted as the “Cambridge of the South,” the community flourished until the depression of 1893. The partnership split, and in 1903, the beleaguered Oak Cliff voted itself into the city of Dallas.

The area has seen much change over the years, but the physical separation the Trinity River creates from Dallas provides Oak Cliff a permanent and unique identity from the “big city” and helps it maintain remnants of its original small-town atmosphere.

Highlights of Oak Cliff:

·    Features more than 200 hand selected images chosen from nearly 600 donated photographs, many of which have never before been published.

·    Includes images of popular Oak Cliff landmarks no longer in existence like, Sivils Drive In, Polar Bear Ice Cream and Wynnewood Theatres among others.

·    Explores the sports memories of Cliffites and notable natives including Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and United States Speaker of the House Jim Wright.

Join the Authors for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

250 West Highway 67, Duncanville, TX 75137

When:  Saturday, November 15^th, 2014; 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/9781467111263/St-Louis-i...).

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.

Oak Cliff

by Alan C. Elliott, Patricia K. Summey and Gayla Brooks Kokel

Images of America Series

128pages/ softcover

Published: April 27, 2009