1996/1997 - This book was written by Jeanette Lawson's 5th grade class from the Pleasant Grove School. Having had just received an "Innovative Practices Grant" Jeanette decided on a community project involving the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. The class decided that the project would be cleaning and repairing headstones and researching the history of people buried there. Through research in newspapers, books, interviews of descendants and information gathering, the students put all the information they had gathered into their own words. Pictures were scanned and added to the biographies. This book is the final product of their efforts. $10.00 plus shipping and handling.

1998/1999 This book was written by Jeanette Lawson's and Anne Trussell's GATE class from the Pleasant Grove School. This book contains the history and pictures of the Union School, history and pictures of the Union School Cemetery, also known as Center Tomb Cemetery, and biographies of people interred in the Union Cemetery. $10.00 plus shipping and handling.

1999/2000 This book was compiled by Jeanette Lawson's and Anne Trussell's GATE class from the Pleasant Grove School. In the student's quest to discover who Peter Winkelman was and what life was like, the students worked for six months gathering information from a variety of sources. The students became interested in the history of our land and the town of Sheldon. It was with this new direction that the students decided on the topic for their next book, Elk Grove's Past at Sheldon. $15.00 plus shipping and handling.

Compiled by Dennis Buscher & Anita Peters in June 2006, this book features the stories and histories of Andrew George, founder of Franklin; Ehrhardt Brothers, well known historical Franklin ranching family; Alexander Hamilton Willard, perhaps the last survivor of the 1803 Lewis and Clark Expedition; Schoech Family, first settled in Franklin in 1878; Glann Brothers: first came to California as miners and Aaron Moses Tullis: the wealthy bachelor who was murdered by the infamous Troy Dye, Sacramento County Official. $3.00 plus shipping and handling.

Published by the Elk Grove Historical Society, this is the first book in our "Elk Grove, Preserving Our Past" series. This book was compiled by Anita Peters and gives a look into the beginnings of our jail and courthouse and why this jail is so important to Sacramento County. It also gives a brief history of three of the last judges to serve in this courthouse. $3.00 plus shipping and handling.

Produced by the Sacramento County Historical Society - Spring 1977 The author, Beth Murphy Engs, was especially well qualified to pen these memories of the Rhoads School. In 1886, her family acquired the property of William Humphrey Taylor who had helped organize the school and on whose property it was built. Beth Engs not only experiences much of what she writes about but knew persons who had been associated with the school from its very early days, not only relatives but also former teachers and long time neighbors. Interviews with them were an important source for the story. $3.00 plus shipping and handling.

Produced by the Sacramento County Historical Society - Spring 1959 The single lifetime of one man, Alexander Hamilton Willard (1778-1865), encompassed, adventurous and significant record of participation in several epic phases of American history. Between the time of his birth in the middle years of the War for American Independence, and his death in the Sacramento Valley during the last weeks of the American Civil War, he lived in full and active life in the varied roles of soldier, explorer, Indian-fighter, pioneer farmer, and overland immigrant to California in the Gold Rush years. $3.00 plus shipping and handling.

TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT! Book 2 - Fields, Farms, Schools is the second of the History Happened Here series and continues the stories with the time period between 1850 and 1900 as its major focus. There are four sections in the book that what happened in this 50 year period: The Fields filled with flowers, the Farms filled with cows and sheep, the Schools created by the farmers; and Elk Grove - from Stage Stop to Shopping Centers, and now the city. $20 plus shipping and handling.

Elizabeth Pinkerton's latest book is an Arcadia Publishing Company Image of America series. This book is filled with early pictures of Elk Grove and the surrounding area. It is available now in our museum store for $20.00

"The Poet Within Capturing Moments of Relationships" by Joe Fabel, poet laureate of the Elk Grove Historical Society. Winner of the American Authors Association Award Poetry Book of 2005. $15.00 plus shipping and handling.

"Emotions Clothed in Poetry" by Joe Fabel, award winning Poet Laureate of the Elk Grove Historical Society. $15.00 plus shipping and handling.

Now available! The third book of poetry by the Elk Grove Historical Society's award winning Poet Laureate, Joe Fabel. "The Price of Freedom" a book of poetry honoring veterans is a must for any veteran. $15.00 plus shipping & handling.

Coming 15 December to our museum store the first every in depth history book on Elk Grove!The first book ever written entirely about the history of Elk Grove, will be released on 15 December 2006 and in our museum store. The book was a private project by Elk Grove Citizen Lifestyle Editor Lance Armstrong, who spent three years collecting historical information via interviews, historical records and compiling one of Elk Grove’s most extensive collections of historical photographs. Featuring 38 chapters, more than 1,200 photographs and new works by local artists. The book, which features the history of many sites and people of Elk Grove – both past and present – includes an entire chapter about the history of the ELK GROVE LIBRARY, as well as such chapters as the histories of ELK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, the ELK GROVE COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT FIRE DEPARTMENT, ELK GROVE REGIONAL PARK, BOB’S CLUB, FOULKS RANCH, DERR LUMBER, ELK GROVE CEMETERIES, CARL AMUNDSON’S THEATERS, the ELK GROVE AIRPORT, EG FOOD MART, COLTON RANCH, MOSHER RANCH, the PIZZA BARN, the ODD FELLOW’S BUILDING, the ELK GROVE BREWERY BUILDING and the Y-NOT CLUB. Hardback $63.00 plus shipping & handling. Softcover $43.00 plus shipping & handling

While supplies last limited editions of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 calendars are available for $5.00 each. Each calendar features pictures from our vast collection of area pictures and no two are the same.

Pheasant Print Offering

The pheasant has long been a trademark of the Gibson Wine Company. The late R.H. Gibson, was founder and principal owner of Gibson Wine Company located in Elk Grove, CA. He was a renowned bird fancier and maintained the largest privately owned collection of rare and exotic birds in the United States. In his travels, he found a rare portfolio containing six original drawings by an early-day naturalist and artist. After researching for authenticity by leading ornithologists, the drawings were deemed the highest of quality and detail. Mr. Gibson, then, with the cooperation of H.S. Crocker Company, brought Jean Fabreau a skilled Belgian engraver to America. Mr. Fabreau hand engraved the plates in the 1950's. Beautiful pheasant lithogravure prints were made from them by the H.S. Crocker Company. The prints have been judged to be of excellence in engraving and lithography. Each print measures 24" wide by 19" high. Cost of the prints are $125.00 per set or $25.00 each plus shipping & handling. Pheasant Print Offering