GUILFORD, maine — A local man with ties to Guilford and Sangerville has published a book that recalls in images the history of the neighboring communities.

The picture on a new book's cover, taken in 1947, shows Orland volunteers collecting clothing for overseas relief.

MONTGOMERY — The borough will celebrate 121 years of Montgomery history on the anniversary of its incorporation with a book signing and sale, hosted by the Montgomery Area Public Library, from 3-8 p.m. March 21. Joan Wheal Blank will be signing her newly released book, “Around Montgomery,” by Arcadia Publishing ($19.99).

A local historian’s book featuring a pictorial history of Morrisville will hit the shelves March 3.

History sometimes hides in plain sight, as author Kim Jarrell Johnson learned when she started working on a book about Jurupa history and discovered a Queen Anne Victorian home in Glen Avon.

Longtime local resident Jim Norris has compiled a book of vintage photographs which brings the small town history of Los Olivos to life. Titled “Images of America — Los Olivos” will take readers on a journey back through time, a time of simplicity and Los Olivos’ beginnings.

He's the official Arizona State Historian, appointed by Governor Fife Symington in 1997. He's also an author of 23 books about Arizona, including A Roadside History of Arizona , Arizona, A Calvalcade of History and Arizona Trilogy. But, most of all, Marshall Trimble , by all accounts, is just a genuinely nice man, willing to go the extra mile.

A new book commemorating a history of Palm Springs in photographs hit the shelves this month.

What do you call it when 41 historians gather in one spot? Well, historical, for starters. It happens Saturday in Corona. Authors of dozens of books on Inland Empire history will make a grand appearance at the Barnes & Noble store there.

For many years, tourists and residents have enjoyed the 1,000 miles of waterways that comprise the California Delta. But now, as the years progress, the Delta has become a hot topic of discussion for its wildlife-habitat restoration, water rights and deteriorating levees.

First picture book on Ennis history to be published this year

CLIFTON -- For an English major with no formal art training, Sandra Giordano is doing well for herself in the world of photography.

CORONA - Ingrid Wicken takes pleasure in teaching at a community college and volunteering at a local library, but at the end of the day she always seems to go back to her main passion -- skiing.

Fires and losing its economic mainstays have ravaged Ash Fork, but nothing has ever kicked this community all the way to the ground.

When Mark Berton left daily journalism, he joined everything he could in his new hometown of Moon, including the planning commission, the cable access channel's advisory committee and the Masons.

PEABODY - Peabody Fire Lt. Ted Quinn has put his writing skills to the test once again with his second book honoring Peabody's past.

Smithfield - Three local men, who have made the town’s history available to the public. Smithfield was incorporated in 1730-1731 and is said to be named after Smithfield, England. On eon the first settlers was William Hawkins who in 1663 was granted 50 acres of land by the Providence Town Council in an effort to encourage settlement of the area. Smithfield has since grown to a sizable community of 20,000 people.

STOCKTON— The picture taken at a barbershop in the 1940s shows her husband, she said, “before I knew he was going to be my husband.”

LOS ANGELES (February 2008) – The history of Filipino Americans in the American entertainment industry is finally revealed in the new book, Filipinos in Hollywood by Carina Monica Montoya. It will be launched at the Filipino American Library (FAL) on Saturday, March 8 at 2:00pm.

Suzanne Rhodes believes Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic's story ached to be told.

VIRGINIA BEACH -- The stories of Angel Flight’s compassion and aviation have gone widely untold in years past, but a new book is opening one organization’s story to the world.

What better time than this, the winter of the Big Mountain Snow, to curl up with a book on the history of Snoqualmie Pass.

Robert E. Reed Jr. can't seem to quench his appetite for all things Tyler. The Tyler native collects vintage city memorabilia, combs through musty municipal records and collects shared memories from longtime residents to learn more about the bygone days of the "Rose Capital of America."

Lake Elsinore Historical Society President Ruth Atkins stares at the cream-colored paperback cover of the group's new book, "Lake Elsinore," and smiles.

INDIO - Historian Patricia Baker Laflin says her new book salutes Indio's role as a pioneering force in shaping the Coachella Valley's development.

NEWPORT BEACH – A retired city firefighter has produced a pictorial history of the Newport Beach Fire Department, a retrospective that spans the department's century of existence in scores of black-and-white photographs.

Susan Hoffer McMillan developed her passion for history in 1994 when she volunteered on an archaeological dig at a former Georgetown County rice plantation. A journalism background combined with her childhood hobby of collecting postcards led to the vivid postcard and pictorial history books for which she is known.

Milwaukee’s colorful past, more interesting than the history of many heartland cities, is being examined in a series of profusely illustrated books from Arcadia Publishing. Larry Widen, who previous book examined Milwaukee cinemas, contributes a look at the city’s flourishing cultural milieu through the mid-20th century.

Norwich — Most of the aging leather helmets and fire buckets, scrapbooks and photographs were stowed away after the move from the longtime station on Chestnut Street. They were pieces of the larger story of more than a century of firefighting in Norwich by a career department.

The Historical Society of Palm Desert is ready to debut the first history book written about the city.

A new book of pictures of the construction of Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project comes from Arcadia Publishing as part of the Images of America series.

Among Florida’s many manmade attractions, one stands above the mouse ears and Art Deco dreams as a true 20th century architectural shrine: Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Child of the Sun” campus at Florida Southern College in Lakeland.

Arizona's official historian, Marshall Trimble, cradles a six-string guitar and faces his audience.

COHASSET - Like millions of others living in Massachusetts back in February of 1978, Eric Pence of Lafayette Avenue, was unaware that the snow coming down late in the day on Feb. 6 was anything more than just another New England snowstorm.

PICO RIVERA - Old photographs are creating new interest in Pico Rivera, through a book published to commemorate the area's long history.

It’s hot off the press, published Feb. 4 — and hot off the keys, cameras, and many footsteps of our own Carl (retired head of Lincoln Library) and Roberta (retired art consultant, State Board of Education) Volkmann.

Those who grew up in Seattle nostalgically remember their childhood neighborhoods. Those who have moved here in recent years may wonder about the history of their current locale.

There are about 200 photographs that tell the story of the Blizzard of 1978 in Alan R. Earls’ new book, but the one storm tale the author leaves out is his own.

Thirty years after it hit, the Blizzard of '78 remains the worst snowstorm in New England memory.

HULL - Walk around Gunrock Avenue, packed tight with one-and two-story shingled homes overlooking a bright blue sweep of Massachusetts Bay, and you wonder if there had ever been a Blizzard of ’78.

As a child growing up in North Chattanooga, Bill Hull said, the fields under the bridges at the foot of the Tennessee River were some of his playgrounds. There, he said, he kept a sharp eye on river traffic, noting what passed by and what docked. There were, he said, plenty of savory and unsavory characters to behold.

History enthusiasts are invited to join representatives from the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and The Columbus Museum for a book signing at the Eufaula Athenaeum Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. CST.

Local author and historian Patricia Baker Laflin is bringing Indio's heritage to life in a pictorial book titled "Indio."

Pat Laflin, local author and historian, will host a book signing for her new book, “Indio,” from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Coachella Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 82-616 Miles Ave. in Indio.

This book is another entry in the outstanding Images of America series from Arcadia Publishing. In 1903 when Benjamin Purnell – long-haired, bearded traveling preacher – arrived in Benton Harbor, Michigan, he saw a perfect place to create his dream of a religious colony.

Ever wonder what it would be like to go back in time? Perhaps be transported back to Smithfield in the late 1800s, early 1900s, when dairy farms and apple orchards filled the landscape, when men in bib overalls and women with fluffy sleeved blouses posed on the front lawn for the family photo album, the Greenville Finishing Mill was rolling, and the red bricked Smithfield Exchange Bank was the center of commerce at the intersection of Routes 44 and 116.

Long ago and far away (at least from my present home in Texas), the Weequahic section of Newark, New Jersey, was the site of a vibrant Jewish community from the 1930s into the 1960s.