HISTORY GROUP’S ARCHIVES PASSES 5,000 MARK
June 20, 2016 — A circa 1900 silver-plated cup less than three inches in height has become the 5,000th item […]
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HISTORIC MILTON MASONIC HALL DESTROYED
The Milton Masonic Hall burned to the ground Saturday, January 23rd. The 1870s building was listed on the SPWCH’s original
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR HISTORY-MAKING SPANISH ARTICLE
For what is believed to be the first time in Calaveras history, an original article in an English language newspaper
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SPWCH SAVES OLD WALLACE POST OFFICE
February 22, 2015 – The tiny building that served as the Wallace post office from the first decade of
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LOVE LETTERS, GOLD, AND INVENTIONS FEATURED IN “SOMETHING FROM NOTHING” WEST CALAVERAS HISTORY MAGAZINE
BURSON, CA – January 21, 2015 – From intimate love letters to tales of the original hotels of Valley Springs,
“OLIVES IN CALIFORNIA’S GOLD COUNTRY” PUBLISHED
“Olives in California’s Gold Country” by Salvatore Manna and Terry Beaudoin, a new book in the Images of America series
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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY GIVES CREDIT TO SPWCH
Oxford University in England has taken notice of the little town of Wallace as well as the Society for the
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HISTORIC ARTIFACT COMES HOME; SPWCH ARCHIVES PASSES 4,000 ITEM MILESTONE
BURSON – November 10, 2013 – An historic West Calaveras artifact recently discovered in England has not only come home
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CALAVERAS BIG TREES HIKE TO HONOR ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
BURSON, CA – August 11, 2013 – In June 1887, famed English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace hiked through the Big
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT BOOK INCLUDES WEST CALAVERAS TOWNS
Burson, CA – July 9, 2013 – A book detailing “Southern Pacific Lines Standard-Design Depots” has just been published and
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