Valley Springs, CA Real Estate — Homes For Sale in Valley Springs, CA

The place where the Mi-Wuk were driven further into the hills due to the gold miners. In 1849 the first saloon and store were opened. The train station had its first train pull in on April 25, 1885. Valley Springs became a center of freight distribution and a place residents could travel to San Francisco, Stockton, and Sacramento. In 1895, due to the lack of rail expansion and a fire took out a majority of the town, Valley Springs had a slow down of population growth even though the town was rebuilt. It wasn't until 1925 that the rail extended to transport product for the cement company. This also helped develop the Pardee Dam and increase shipping of cement product to the bay area. The McClellan and Travis Air Force base, San Francisco Airport, the Central Valley dams, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were built due to Valley Springs and the local cement it transported. Calaveras Cement and the construction of both the Hogan Dam and Pardee Dam increased employment. Local lumber, forest products, cement, and clay resources increased shipping needs. Agriculture still remained the main occupation of residents, whose primary agricultural focus was on grains, livestock, and small-scale wine grapes and olives. Nevertheless, Valley Spring's strategic location was key to its importance. Population increased in the 60's due to development of the Camanche Reservoir and expansion of Hogan Reservoir. The 1970s had population increases resulting from Rancho Calaveras, the La Contenta Golf Course, and the development of its surrounding HOA-governed homes. less