Overland Park story, told through photographs

The newest addition to popular series of Images of America Arcadia Publishing is Overland Park author local kika SoldanEls Oberg and the Overland Park Historical Society. The book offers more than 200 pictures vintage and memories of bygone days.

In 1906, contractor and Builder of railway of New York William B. Strang Jr. has started a unique development of suburban housing seven miles southwest of Kansas City, which he named Overland Park. He chose agricultural land on a high ridge where the Santa Fe, Oregon and California trails once Cross and built railway toll for the use of future users and real estate clients.

Announced seductions, like a lake with camping weekly leisure facilities, attracted thousands of runners on its line of Strang to the new community. In 1909, he organized the first plane flight zone that surprises and seduces the metropolitan population. He built the first private aerodrome in the Midwest, where he held the spectacular air shows and extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

Overland Park has since become the second largest city in Kansas. The highly rated school system has graduated many notable and recognizable figures like Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis and former president US headquarters joint general Richard Myers.

Join the author for an autograph session!

When: Saturday, 8 December, from 01:00 - 15:00
Where: Barnes & Noble
11323 95Th Street w., Overland Park, KS 66214

Images selected by F.W. Wagner from various sources, such as the Overland Park Historical Society and the story of co-author kika SoldanEls Oberg show transformations of the "ploughed field" in a first class city.

Available in the bookshops in the region, independent retailers and retailers online, or by Arcadia Publishing the www.arcadiapublishing.com or
-313 (888) - 2665.

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and useful through the publication of books on the heritage of the people of America and places.  Have we done a book about your city?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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Fort Smith's story, told through postcards

The newest addition to the series history of the postcard from Arcadia Publishing is Fort Smith local author Kevin L. Jones. The book offers more than 200 vintage and memorabilia from the postcard of old pictures.

History is alive in Fort Smith. Many unique events has occurred along the Avenue of historic garrison and near the areas from 1817 to the present day. The U.S. military influence from 1817 and prison ' Hell on the Border "judge Isaac C. Parker, for the many businesses along the Avenue since the 19th century, this story of postcard of Fort Smith connects the past and present.

In addition, it shows the history of urban sprawl, local churches, hospitals, and cultural centres throughout Fort Smith. The city serves as a military training ground, crossroads of inland waterway transport, a hub of rail activity and of highways and as a catalyst for economic growth. Fort Smith celebrates its past as it looks to the future.

Highlights of Fort Smith:
• Post cards in the book were provided by private collectors, libraries and historical museums.
• Many of the buildings shown in these images were destroyed by natural disasters, fires, or lost time.
• The book is full of 'little known facts' on the history, people and places of Fort Smith.

Kevin L. Jones, PhD, a native of Nixa, Missouri, received a Bachelor's degree in education, a master's degree from Missouri State University and a Ph.d. from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Dr. Jones is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith.

Available in the bookshops in the region, independent retailers and retailers online, or by Arcadia Publishing the www.arcadiapublishing.com or
-313 (888) - 2665.

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States.  Our mission is to make history accessible and useful through the publication of books on the heritage of the people of America and places.  Have we done a book about your city?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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