New Book Celebrates the History of Rolling Meadows

Feb. 29, 2012 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Rolling Meadows by local author Ashley Schroeder. This pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images, giving readers a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

Rolling Meadows began as one man’s vision for an affordable housing development for young families in the years following World War II. He purchased land in a small corner of Chicagoland’s Palatine Township for the development—land rich with rolling fields. The aptly named “Project Rolling Meadows” grew quickly, but the sense of community pride and neighborly spirit grew even faster.

With the determination of its residents, Rolling Meadows became an official city on February 26, 1955 just a few years after the first home was constructed. Rolling Meadows is a city built by the strength and dedication of its residents. If it were not for its continuing vision of an American hometown that offers the best in civil and community services, then Rolling Meadows would be nothing more than an unincorporated housing development today.



Highlights of Rolling Meadows include:
•   This is the second book to be written about Rolling Meadows and the first since 1979.
•   The majority of images are from the Rolling Meadows Library archives which are comprised of private collections of local residents.
•   The book includes a section highlighting the city’s progress over the last 50 years.

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.

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