WALLACE MAKES “CALIFORNIA HISTORY”

Articles related to Calaveras County in “California History,” the scholarly magazine of the California Historical Society published quarterly since 1922, are rare. But the lead essay in Volume 85, Number 4, available this month, not only partly concerns West Calaveras but was written by local author Sal Manna, President and Founder of the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History, and monthly "Something From Nothing" columnist for the Valley Springs News. The 22-page “A Brother’s Reunion: Evolution’s Champion Alfred Russel Wallace and Forty-niner John Wallace” tells the complete story of the man after whom the town of Wallace was named and his brother Alfred. Those wishing to purchase copies of the issue should contact the California Historical Society at (415) 357-1860.