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Calaveras County, California. Calaveras County ( / ˌkæləˈvɛrəs / ⓘ ), officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,292. [5] The county seat is San Andreas. [6] Angels Camp is the county's only incorporated city.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County " is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. [1] The story has also been published as " Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog " (its original title) and " The Notorious Jumping ...
New Hogan Lake is an artificial lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Calaveras County, California, about 30 miles (48.3 km) northeast of Stockton. It is formed by New Hogan Dam on the Calaveras River, whose North and South forks combine just upstream of the lake, and has a capacity of 317,000 acre⋅ft (391,000,000 m 3 ).
Mountain Ranch (formerly, El Dorado and El Dorado Town) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 1,628 at the 2010 census, up from 1,557 at the 2000 census. The town is registered as California Historical Landmark #282. [3]
10,900 acre⋅ft (13,400,000 m 3) Surface elevation. 328 m (1,076 ft) References. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Spring Valley Reservoir. Salt Spring Valley Reservoir is an artificial lake formed by the construction of Salt Springs Valley Dam across Rock Creek in the Bear Mountains of Calaveras County, California .
New Melones Lake is a reservoir on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, within Calaveras County and Tuolumne County, California . The New Melones Dam and reservoir are a water collection and transfer unit of the United States Bureau of Reclamation 's Central Valley Project. New Melones Lake provides irrigation water ...
Added to NRHP. March 24, 1972. The Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, was the hotel where the author Mark Twain heard a story that he would later turn into his short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". [2] The hotel was originally a canvas tent erected by C. C. Lake in 1851, and replaced by a one-story wooden structure.
CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR AND JUMPING FROG JUBILEE – May 16-19: The fair also offers food, entertainment, destruction derby, livestock, vendors and more. A concert will be held 8 p.m. May 17 by ...