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Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace And The Man After Whom The Town Of Wallace Is Named

For nearly 40 years, brothers John and Alfred Russel Wallace were separated by an ocean and a continent.

Author: 
Sal Manna

Wallace

When the narrow gauge San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada Rail Road arrived just across the western Calaveras County border in October 1882 on its way east from Lodi, the railroad honored John Wallace

Author: 
Sal Manna

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  • Calaveras native promoted to Admiral

    The first native Californian promoted to admiral in the U.S. Navy hailed from landlocked Calaveras County. Theodore Vogelgesang, born at Petersburg in 1869, was appointed rear admiral in 1922.

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