IMAGES OF AMERICA: NEWBERG, a picture filled history of Newberg makes its debut at a Reveal Event on December 4, 2010, from 3:00 -5:00 pm at the Newberg Public Library. Authors Tom Fuller and Christy Van Heukelem collaborated with local citizens and organizations to collect photographs and trace Newberg’s history for what is believed to be the first published book of Newberg's history.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase ($21.99) and the authors will be present to sign.

Proceeds from the sale of the book at the library will benefit the library's local history services.

Book Description from Arcadia Publishing

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. Ewing Young came to Oregon in 1834, claiming as his own a vast stretch of land around his home in the Chehalem Valley. When Ewing Young died without a will, nearby residents gathered to settle Ewing's estate. This event led directly to the vote at Champoeg to make Oregon part of the United States. The town's name was given by pioneer Sebastian Brutscher after his Bavarian hometown of Neuburg. Other settlers arrived, and soon Newberg was 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 or way station to two U.S. presidents.