The public is invited to view "Something From Nothing: An Exhibition of Early West Calaveras Photographs," currently on display through November at Countrywide Mortgage in Valley Springs (in the Valley Oaks Shopping Center). The office is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit was created by the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History. Experience rarely seen photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries depicting the people and places of Valley Springs, Burson, Wallace, Jenny Lind and more.

A feature on the efforts of the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History will be on Channel 10 (ABC) on the Six O'Clock News on Friday, June 2. The report by Jonathan Mumm will include the old Burson School at Valley Springs Elementary, the Late House and the Valley Springs train depot. Lots of local folks were interviewed, including John Huston--who is seen entering the school for the first time since 1941!-- and Elaine Evans-Anberg, who was one of the last two graduates of the school (1957). This is probably the first time ever that the Burson School has been on television!