Home to one of the largest collections of carriages and wagons in the nation, Angels Camp Museum is an international destination with more than 30,000 square feet of exhibits on Gold Rush history.
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Historic downtown Angels Camp | Carol Richardson Angels Camp Museum & Carriage House
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Stroll Main Street using our historic walk tour map in the back of the Calaveras Visitors Guide, and enjoy the Frog Hop of Fame. Historic downtown Angels Camp is home to charming, boutique shops, the Calaveras Visitors Center, a bakery, two restaurants and the Utica Hotel, which is currently undergoing restoration. Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee | Calaveras Enterprise Historic Main Street Angels Camp
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Get full details on the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. During the four-day festival, California bullfrogs collected from area ponds are housed in the “Frog Spa” and are available for rent if you’d like to jump a frog! Winners of the frog jumping contest receive a brass plaque in the Frog Hop of Fame in historic Main Street, Angels Camp, along with an impressive trophy and cash prize. Today, it’s a popular feature of the Calaveras County Fair – the longest running county fair in California. Inspired by the Mark Twain story that propelled him to fame, the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee has been a feature of Angels Camp culture since 1928 when the first frog jump was held to celebrate the paving of Main Street. You can read up on some Mark Twain history in this recent New Yorker article. Here, we celebrate our connection to America’s master storyteller with Twain Talks at the Mark Twain Trading Post, a Mark Twain History Trail and an annual celebration: the Mark Twain Wild West Fest.
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Samuel Clemens’ connection to Angels Camp not only launched his career as Mark Twain with his first successful short story based on a story overheard in the Angels Hotel’s saloon, it also made an indelible mark on Angels Camp.