The 2024 Frog Jump Champion is 86 Years Young Lillian Fasano Jockeying "The Frog Father" Jumps 20 Feet, 5 & 1/2 Inches
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/19/2024 06:02 PM
Angels Camp, CA...The 2024 Frog Jump Champion is 86 Years Young Lillian Fasano Jockeying "The Frog Father" Jumps 20 Feet, 5 & 1/2 Inches. The white line in the photos below is the Rosie the Ribiter's 21 feet, 5 3/4 inches record from 1986. If "The Frog Father's" shadow in the jump is correct he was even closer to breaking the record than the judge's mark. Full Finals Video and Hundreds of photos up later this eve.
Congratulations to 2024 Miss Calaveras Arabelle Jones & Her Court! Over 80 Photos & Full Pageant Video!
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/17/2024 05:40 PM
Angels Camp, CA...(Frogtown, USA)..The New Miss Calaveras 2024 Arabelle Jones & First Princess Anastacia Sharpe, Second Princess Ava Weatherby-Plank & New for this year Miss Calaveras International Eva Crosetto. Below are over 80 photos in the photo album. There is also the full over two hour pageant video.
The 2024 Headliner Ned LeDoux Tonight at Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/17/2024 08:02 AM
Frogtown, USA...You asked for it, you got it! Ned LeDoux, a Calaveras County Tradition! The 2024 Headliner Ned LeDoux Tonight at Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee
Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee May 16-19, 2024 Friday, May 17, 2024
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/17/2024 07:43 AM
Frogtown, USA...Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee May 16-19,2024. Friday, May 17, 2024. Kids 5 and under are free all day. Gift for the first 100 kids! Tentative Schedule.
Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee May 16-19. 2024 Gold Pans and Cattle Brands Thursday May 16
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/16/2024 07:39 AM
Frogtown, USA...Opening Day Schedule for Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee May 16-19. 2024 Gold Pans and Cattle Brands. Thursday May 16, Kids 12 and under are free all day. Gift for the first 100 kids.
The 2024 Frog Jump Youth Parade Photos & Full Parade Video!
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/16/2024 05:13 PM
Angels Camp, CA...The Ladies from Soroptimist International did another great job putting on the 2024 Frog Jump Youth Parade that is one of the kick events on opening day of the Calaveras County Fair & Frog Jump Jubilee every year. Not only does it showcase small town Americana with youth floats, dance groups & marching bands it also highlights our area's Mark Twain History and celebrating the Frog Jumping tale that not only put Twain's career on the map but is woven into our local lore. This year Tom & Becky returned from Hannibal, MO Tom's boyhood home to highlight our shared histories. We have 79 photos below from this morning and full parade video will be up soon as well. Full Slide Show is here! Video up soon!
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ~ By Mark Twain 1835-1910
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/15/2024 09:15 AM
Angels Camp, CA...In compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result. I have a lurking suspicion that Leonidas W. Smiley is a myth; that my friend never knew such a personage; and that he only conjectured that, if I asked old Wheeler about him, it would remind him of his infamous Jim Smiley, and he would go to work and bore me nearly to death with some infernal reminiscence of him as long and tedious as it should be useless to me. If that was the design, it certainly succeeded.
Soroptimist Youth Parade for Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/10/2024 09:59 AM
Angels Camp, CA...Prepare for the annual Soroptimist International of Calaveras County Youth Parade Downtown. South Main Street will be closed from Bret Harte Road (near St. Patrick’s Church) to Vallecito Road on May 16, 2024 from 9:45 AM to approximately 11:00 AM for the annual Youth Parade. If you need to get around the road closure, use the Hwy 4 Bypass….or better yet, park your vehicle and watch the parade!
The Sender's Family, Awards & Yes, Queen Contestants Kissing Frogs
Posted by: thepinetree on 05/10/2024 05:52 PM
Frogtown, USA....A few days ago we published some of our photos from the Fair & Frog Jump Kickoff Dinner held on May 1st. We still had video from the event and here we will pass that along. We have video of the Sender's family being introduced and honored for their contributions to the Fair and their community. Others were honored that evening as well and the Miss Calaveras & Calaveras Saddle Queen gave their introductions as well as we have a bit of video from the Frog Kissing Scrum at the end.