Mimeographed 3-page typed letter from Preston, a storekeeper of Spring Valley, Wisconsin, to the "Spring Valley Sun," describing the early history of that town, beginning with its first settlers in 1859 and describing the influence of the Eau Galle Lumber Company (for whom Preston did some logging work), the Wilcox family, the iron business, and Preston's father, who was the community's first storekeeper and deputy postmaster.