Costco to Host Book Signing for Tustin Author

TUSTIN, Calif. - Dec. 3, 2014 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series is Tustin. Written by Guy Ball and the Tustin Area Historical Society, this book celebrates the history of the area through vintage photographs dating back to late 1800s.

Tustin's big early loss was in many ways its salvation. Founding father Columbus Tustin's real estate venture in 1868 found few takers, leading to his fervent campaign to make his town the southern terminus for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The depot duel was won by rival settlement Santa Ana and Tustin City became just another backwater.

Columbus Tustin died embittered, but his namesake, which dropped "City" in 1899, prospered as a pretty place with charming homes. Over the next 140 years, the city of Tustin grew. Other pioneering families and businesses worked to develop the area and the rise of agriculture fueled the boom years. In the last half of the 20^th century, a new military base, the growth of Orange County and the expansion of residential properties helped make Tustin the dynamic and desirable suburban city that it is today.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

2655 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92782

When:  Saturday, December 13th, 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 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.

Tustin

by Guy Ball, Tustin Area Historical Society

Images of America series

128 pages/ softcover

Published: January 24, 2011