WHAT: Calaveras Heroes of the Civil War followed by History According to Hollywood: The Civil War
WHEN: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
LOCATION: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Lower Meeting Hall (820 S. Main Street, Angels Camp)
WHAT: Calaveras Heroes of the Civil War followed by History According to Hollywood: The Civil War
WHEN: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
LOCATION: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Lower Meeting Hall (820 S. Main Street, Angels Camp)
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 - Joining in this year’s commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History has acquired two mid-1860s letters written by a Calaveras Co. captain who recruited soldiers here for the Union.
BURSON, CA – May 24, 2011 – The 12 most significant pre-1900 structures or ruins in West Calaveras, in order of historic importance, have been announced by the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History (SPWCH). Dubbed the “Historic Dozen” by the nonprofit organization, the ranking m
April 28, 2011 - Sal Manna, founder of the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History, will be the guest speaker at the May meeting of the San Joaquin Genealogical Society.
BURSON, CA – February 24, 2011 – A Calaveras nonprofit group is bringing the past into the social media present with the county’s first online contest focused on local history awareness. The Historic Dozen Contest sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History (SPWCH) wi
BURSON, CA – January 20, 2011 – The only known photograph of Sgt.
December 11, 2010 - Thanks to the generosity of a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, a rare token from the Hub Saloon in Valley Springs has become the 2,500th item in the archives of the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History. The metal token, "Good For One Drink," is believed
October 1, 2010 - The Valley Springs railroad depot has been evaluated as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places thanks to the efforts of the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History.
September 24, 2010 - The Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History (SPWCH) today honored all Valley Springs postmasters throughout history with a presentation to the latest postmaster, Timothy C. Brown, at his official swearing-in ceremony.
BURSON, CA -- September 1, 2010 -- A remote cave in the Burson area filled with nearly two dozen grinding holes and numerous Native American petroglyphs and pictographs has been documented for the first time by the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History.