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Angels Camp, California

Calaveras County · Population 3,667 · Card no. 10010

The only incorporated city in Calaveras County, and the setting for Mark Twain's jumping frog story.

The Calaveras County Fair holds a frog jumping contest each May, with brass plaques in the sidewalk for past winners.
Twain heard the tale in a bar here in 1865.
Gold quartz mining kept the town alive for decades.

Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.