Emily Mayer to discuss her new book

Emily Mayer has made a name for herself when it comes to Hi-Line history.

She operates Hi-Line Heritage House Museum, she is a speaker on all kinds of topics relating to local history and she writes a weekly column on Hi-line history for the Havre Daily News.

Now she’s released her third book, “Havre,” that is a pictorial essay on the city’s history.

She will be at the Havre-Hill County Library at 7 p.m. Thursday,

Mayer will talk about her book, answer questions and sign books. “Havre” will be on sale, as will her earlier picture book, “Hill County.”

The book has photos of old downtown Havre, schools, churches and government buildings, as well as Mayer’s passions, the old homes of Havre.

There are also pictures of old roads, sidewalks and community activities such as parades and festivals, she said.

At the library, she will talk about some of the photos in detail.

Arcadia Publishing, the company that asked Mayer to do the book, limits cutlines on photos to 40-75 words, she said. In some cases, that’s enough, but others deserve more explanation, she said.

So she will explain in great detail some of the historic background of some of the photos.

She will also talk about the close-knit Havre community of the late 1800s.

The house museum she lives in was once owned by Daniel Boone, a relative fof the famed Daniel Boone. Havre’s Daniel Boone worked at Henry Stringfellow’s drug store. Stringfellow lived just down the street. After the fire of 1904, Stringfellow turned his business to rehabilitation of the city, and Boone started a drug store of his own.