Book Signing for Spring Branch Author Hosted By Costco

HOUSTON - Dec. 10, 2014 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing and George Slaughter is Spring Branch. This pictorial history is the latest volume in the popular Images of America series and affords readers a unique opportunity to reconnect to the history that shaped their community.

When someone thinks of the Spring Branch area of Houston, Texas, chances are that a multicultural, highly populated residential area on the west side of the city comes to mind. Yet photographs of Spring Branch’s early history are very different from the urban images of today.

In the 1840s, about the time Texas became the 28th state, German settlers came to a rural area centered around a tributary of Buffalo Bayou that runs through Houston but which was well outside the city limits at the time. These immigrants who were farmers, business owners and shopkeepers came to America to embrace and fulfill their dreams—living a life of freedom, owning property and raising their families. They were prepared to earn their success and they worked together to build a well-known residential area of present-day Houston.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

12405 N. Gessner Road, Houston, TX 77064

When:  Saturday, December 20th, 2014; 1:00 - 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.  Discover more than 8,500 small towns and downtowns at http://www.arcadiapublishing.com.

Spring Branch

by George Slaughter

Images of America series

128 pages/ softcover

Published: November 14, 2011