Hah! Well, the "historical society", truth be told and as far as I can tell, is a realtor who works in the local Windemere office. But there is a book (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=9780738548173&Store_Code=arcadia&search=ballard&offset=0&filter_cat=&PowerSearch_Begin_Only=&sort=name.asc&range_low=&range_high=) about early Ballard.