Frog Statue
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This town in California's Gold Country has gone positively froggy! It's all due to Mark Twain's classic story The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Every year they have the Jumping Frog Jubilee. There's even a monument to the famous frog! The inscription on the plaque on the base of the statue:
ANGELS CAMP
HOME OF THE JUMPING FROG
ROMANCE - GOLD - HISTORY
Founded in 1849 by George Angel, who established a mining camp and trading store 200 feet below this marker. A rich gravel mining area and one of the richest quartz mining sections of the Mother Lode. Production records of over 100 million dollars for Angels Camp and vicinity. Prominent in early day California history. Townsite established in 1873. The locale of Mark Twain's famous story, The Jumping Frog of Calaveras. Frequented by Joaquin Murietta, Black Bart and other early day bandits. Erected and dedicated by Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce, May 16, 1931.
Directions: Angels Camp is 30 miles east of Stockton, California. The statue is downtown, on Highway 49.
Last visited: July 1991.
Standard disclaimer: Sites are described for entertainment purposes only, as they were at the time of my last visit. I can not vouch for the current condition of the site or its accessibility.