'Ramona' History Author to Sign Copies of His Book

If you want to see girls playing basketball in long dresses and hats or people driving down what they called Muzzy Grade Road in a horse and buggy, then check out  Richard Carrico's new book on local history. It's called simply Ramona and is part of the Arcadia Publishing "Images of America" series.

Carrico is a Ramona resident and SDSU professor. He produced the book in association with Guy B. Woodward Museum, whose many images are contained in the work.

Ramona covers 10,000 years of local history, from the Iipay village of Pa'mu to the aftermath of the 2003 Cedar Fire. Among the pages are photos of turkey queens, rodeo cowboys, a World War I airplane, the 1913 wildfire north of town, racecars and many of Ramona's famous namesakes.

Carrico is in the Department of American Indian Studies at SDSU. He has two other published books: Strangers in a Stolen Land: The Indians of San Diego From Prehistory to the New Deal (Sunbelt, 2008) and San Diego's Spirits: Ghosts and Hauntings in America's Southwest Corner (Recuerdos Press, 1986). All three books can be found on Amazon.com

He will talk about his latest book at at 1 p.m. on June 8, and he'll sign and sell books for visitors.