Newberg Reveals History In Vintage Images

Dec. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Local authors Tom Fuller and Christy Van Heukelem present  Newberg, the newest addition to the popular Images of America Series from Arcadia Publishing. Boasting over 200 vintage images, Newberg chronicles the transition from the area referred to as a grassy wilderness to a modern city that has maintained its small town charm.

Newberg was named by pioneer Sebastian Brutscher after is Bavarian hometown of Neuburg and the land that became the city of Newberg played a crucial role in the founding of the state of Oregon.  It provided the second permanent encampment after Fort Astoria for trappers coming to the Pacific Northwest.

New settlers came to the area making it a thriving pioneer town.  Among the new settlers were members of the Friends Church, who set up an academy that is today one of the premier Christian universities in the country.  Newberg was also home of way station to two U.S. presidents.
 

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or
(888)-313-2665.  

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With more than 6,000 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.