BURSON, CA -- April 4, 2007 -- On April 25, 1885, the first train of the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada Railroad pulled into the new town of Valley Springs.Train Depot Exhibit: Photo by Sal Manna
On April 25, 2007, that event will be marked for the first time in the history of Valley Springs.
BURSON, CA -- January 10, 2007 -- The “Something From Nothing” photo exhibition of early West Calaveras history will be at Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys from Saturday, February 17 (the first day of Presidents’ Day Weekend) through Sunday, March 18 (the day following the Murphys Irish Day and Ironstone’s Daffodils Day festivities). Along with the exhibition at the Ironstone museum and gift shop, a wine-tasting reception on February 17 from 1-3 p.m. is also free and open to the public.Ironstone Exhibit
Cate Culver With Her Paintings: Photo by Nick Baptista/Valley Springs NewsBURSON, CA -- September 15, 2006 -- Twenty years from now on the “Antiques Roadshow” someone will carry in a painting of historic Valley Springs and the appraiser is going to gush, “Do you realize that this is one of the first gallery-quality paintings of an historic building from that part of Calaveras County? Do you have any idea how much this is worth?” Well, you can be among the first to see that painting by coming to the September
Wallace Ceremony: Photo by Nick Baptista/Valley Springs News BURSON -- August 25, 2006 -- One hundred and twenty-five years after its founding, residents of the Calaveras County town of Wallace and their neighbors will for the first time in history honor the man after whom the town is named. In 1882, John Wallace surveyed the railroad line that went through the area; his son, John Herbert Wallace, then surveyed the townsite itself.
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