BERLIN — A Berlin woman has complied a pictorial history of Berlin that will be published in October.

Joe Tennis doesn’t let grass grow around his feet. Working for the Bristol Herald Courier he has become well known for his hometown & regional columns that have endeared him to the community.

Jeffrey L. Adams, 48, is a native of Tyrone and a 1978 graduate of Tyrone High. His keen interest in local history comes naturally, beginning that interest in the historical aspect of the area when he was only eight-years-old.

This year Farm/City Day is moving back to downtown Tyrone and the Tyrone Area Historical Society will be apart of the festivities.

Independence, MO — In the photograph, tinted black and beige, women dressed in knee-length dresses are entering and leaving the Katz Drug Company, now Ophelia’s restaurant on the Independence Square.

For many years, the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto have worked hard to keep separate identities while thriving in the same valley. The efforts have led to a friendly rivalry that encompasses businesses, high schools and now history books.

The birth of Tolleson can be traced back to January 1908, when Walter Gist Tolleson bought a 160-acre dairy ranch homestead west of Phoenix.

On a recent trip to New Mexico (great place), I soaked up wide-open vistas where ribbons of steel carried an amazing 200 freight trains a day across the desert.

STEPHENS CITY — With a slew of snapshots ranging from the Stephens City Agricultural School completed in 1916 to a Ford sedan purchased by the town as its first police car in 1957, Linden A. Fravel and Byron C. Smith have summed up much of the town's 250-year history by using more pictures than words.

Like many residents of the Inland Empire, Richard and Robin Hanks, co-authors of the new book "The Harris Company", remember shopping trips to the great department store in the late 1960s.

FORD CITY -- Bill Oleksak never came across a picture, or a memory, of his hometown Ford City that he didn't want to keep. Better still, he never had one that he didn't want to share with others.

“Greer, Then & Now,” is a picture book with meaty captions of Greer scenes that provides a unique snapshot in time. Pictures of the city are shown as they looked historically juxtaposed with photos of how they appear now.

Stephens City — How do you commemorate 250 years of history? Stephens City’s answer is a history weekend and a book.

A new book, "Images of America: Elk Grove Village," penned by local authors Nancy Colby and Kelly Behnke, will hit bookstores on Monday, Sept. 29.

Ed Zimmer, Historic Preservation Planner for Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Department since 1985, is already known locally for his historical knowledge of Lincoln and several walking tour guides he had created of the Haymarket, near south Lincoln and Havelock areas.

IT SEEMS South County is quite the treasure trove of fascinating photographic history. Although Arcadia Publishing has already issued two photo books in its Images of America series within the last five years on the pictorial history of cities Gilroy and Morgan Hill, it recently released a new addition, titled South Santa Clara County.

To the average civilian of Rome, Griffiss was off limits," Leonard said of the former military base. "However, my mom had worked at Rome Lab and every now and again I would go with dad to pick her up from work.

When out working in her garden, Margaret "Peg" Coleman sometimes catches herself looking up at the window of her 1786 log cabin and thinking about the struggles its previous residents endured.

A new pictorial history of America's oldest continuous English-speaking community will be the subject tonight in a lecture and book-signing staged by the Hampton History Museum.

DALY CITY — Westlake rose up from an 800-acre tract of sand dunes and small farms 60 years ago.

You may be amused or perhaps slightly horrified when you read "Early Los Angeles County Attractions" (Arcadia Publishing, $20) by Cory and Sarah Stargel. The book offers a look at the pastimes of days gone by, such as ostrich rides and children playing with baby alligators, plus beaches, dance halls, piers, city parks and shopping areas.

HAMPTON - A new pictorial history of America's oldest continuous English-speaking community will be the subject Monday night in a lecture and book-signing staged by the Hampton History Museum.

Ford City was once known as one of the fastest-growing communities in Pennsylvania. The new book "Around Ford City" is local author and retired teacher William L. Oleksak's collection of more than 200 vintage postcards, revealing the growth and development of Ford City.

ASHEVILLE — Citizen-Times columnist and Together We Read executive director Rob Neufeld has authored a book titled "Asheville's River Arts District," with photography contributions by his 17-year-old son, Henry Neufeld.

ESCALON -- Horses and carriages cruising down a dirt-paved Main Street, men relaxing on the porch of the city's first saloon in the late 1800s and stores selling five-cent candy bars.

Actor, writer, business trainer, Keith Strunk is well known in Frenchtown, N.J., as the cofounder and managing director of River Union Stage, a professional equity theater.

Author Carla Chlouber became intrigued with the history behind the farm on which she spent part of her childhood. The farm was once the homestead of the family of Otto Gray, who was the leader of the Oklahoma Cowboy Band after Rough Rider Billy McGinty stepped down.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the city of Lansing has a lot to say.

HAMMONTON -- The public will get a chance to see some vintage images of Hammonton, thanks to two local women who released a new book that features dozens of postcard images from the town's history.

Arcadia Publishing might be going just a bit crazy with the local history books.

Was Griffiss Air Force base supposed to be in Texas and the Rome Air Depot supposed to be named Carswell Air Force Base?

Two men inspired by their upbringing gather a picture of the past

PEMBROKE — Pembroke’s oldest still-standing structure was built on Water Street by a Scotsman, John Magoun, in 1666. A deaf blacksmith, Fred White, made 70 to 80 violins as a hobby before his death in 1928.

Even though Abraham Lincoln died 38 years before the Wright brothers had their historic first flight, Springfield author Job Conger found a link between Springfield’s favorite son and aviation.

Kauai and its rich history are showcased in this pictorial. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, it begins with views of the island sketched by the illustrators who traveled with Cook and other explorers. Kauai's long agricultural past is also showcased, with many photos showing early sugar and pineapple plantations.

La Jolla Historical Society's Carol Olten, Heather Kuhn and Patricia Dahlberg will discuss the new Arcadia Publishing book on La Jolla by Olten and Kuhn at the Third Thursday lecture series this week, sponsored by the Save Our Heritage Organisation.

History buffs and Pulaski County residents will have a chance to help support the Raymond F. Ratcliffe Memorial Museum when a book on the photographic history of Pulaski goes on sale Monday, Sept. 22.

DOVER - A new book chronicling the history of the Town of Dover has recently been completed and is now scheduled for publication by Arcadia Publishing on Nov. 17.

Proctor, originally from Lunenburg and a graduate of Fitchburg State College, began researching her ancestors while pursuing a master’s degree at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

“Sylva,” the new book of vintage photographs and information about Jackson County’s largest town, will go on sale Monday, and those who purchase a copy will have the satisfaction of knowing they’re helping two worthy causes.

There is no town in Western North Carolina more photogenic than Sylva, with great shooting angles from the top of Courthouse Hill straight up Main Street and vice versa. Built in 1913-14, the courthouse, where many a man heard the death sentence imposed on him, still stands. It is, however, no longer a courthouse but a museum.

If you're a history buff, you might want to attend a special lecture on "Nevada County in the golden 1850s" at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Sierra College Nevada County campus.

ESCALON - "Escalon" is the newest pictorial history from Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series and local author Barbara Willis along with the Escalon Historical Society.

In response to the growing need for military air defense in the 1920s, a parcel of Novato farmland on the San Pablo Bay was chosen as the future site for Hamilton Field. New from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series and the local Novato Historical Guild is Hamilton Field.

JOHNSBURG – A pictorial history book about the Johnsburg and Pistakee Bay area was released this week.

Stacy Trevenon summed up her reasons for falling in love with Kings Mountain almost unconsciously Sunday morning, as she perched on an old fallen log in a circle of redwoods.

Many travelers think of Gowen Field as the “blah” side of Boise’s airport, the place with the drab, gray military planes they see briefly while their flights are taking off.

KINGS MOUNTAIN — Stacy Trevenon summed up her reasons for falling in love with Kings Mountain almost unconsciously Sunday morning, as she perched on an old fallen log in a circle of redwoods.

ASHEVILLE – Citizen-Times columnist and Together We Read executive director Rob Neufeld has authored a book titled “Asheville’s River Arts District,” with photography contributions by his 17-year-old son, Henry Neufeld.

What's black and white and full of color? A new book tracing the history of the venerable Tunbridge World's Fair in pictures.

We whooped it up for the Old Dominion last year because our English forebears straggled ashore at Cape Henry and, finally, Jamestown four centuries before.

When Donna Jacobs and her husband, Jeffrey, decided to buy a home in the mid-'80s, Byrnes Downs was the only neighborhood they looked at. The only one they seriously considered.

ST. PETERSBURG — When Michael Barnette moved to the Tampa Bay area 10 years ago, he had heard about a popular wreck dive in 65 feet of water.

Bettie Cole remembers when she and her friends were only allowed in Sewickley's Nickelodeon one day a week.

“Images of America Susanville” is a book, which captures the history and growth of the town from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s.

While people were still selling apples on street corners, depression-weary St. Louisans were finding solace in the films of two ritzy dancers, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

SEAPLANE CRUISE: Perhaps because we frequently close off all entry points and barricade ourself in the backyard with nothing but a jug of loudmouth and an old copy of Argosy magazine for days at a time, we don't "learn something new every day," despite the generally unassailable (except in terms of its redundancy) folk cliche.

“Kenosha on the Go” covers the full spectrum of transit services in Wisconsin’s fourth-largest city from the early 1900s to now. In 1932, Kenosha’s streetcar lines and gasoline buses were replaced by four trackless trolley routes, becoming the sole municipality in the U.S. with that distinction.

The Sunshine State has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries. Tragically, part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in Florida waters.

Submerged wrecks are mysterious things, in some cases nearly undistinguishable from the ocean floor but for a ballast pile, mast, propeller or other artifact. But if you’ve ever rolled overboard and descended onto a structure that still maintains the outline of a vessel, your curiosity is piqued: what did it look like under full sail, or how many decks did it have?

In the late 1920s, Detroit was a boomtown with a flourishing economy, newly built skyscrapers, and a burgeon population. But those seemingly halcyon times were marred by bloodshed and terror caused by the Purple Gang, a loosely organized but ruthless group of predominately Jewish racketeers, headed by the Burnstein brothers.

You’ve seen “Swedish Seattle,” the Arcadia book compiled by Paul Norlen and pictured to your left. Arcadia Publishing is the largest publisher in America of historical nonfiction books and the Swedish Cultural Center now has another association with several local Arcadia books.