Thousands of frog fanatics descended on the small community of Valley City's Mill Stream Park Sunday to watch frogs do what they do best, with lots of encouragement from their handlers of course. When ...

FAIR HAS TO OFFER. HEY MIKE. YEAH? GOOD MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FROG SPA. WANT TO KNOW WHAT A FROG SPA IS? WELL, IT’S RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE FROG SIGN. HEY, DAVE, CAN YOU GRAB US A BULL ...

INDEED FINALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. THERE YOU GO, CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK, AND AHEAD OF. THAT, WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY. SO IN 1865, AUTHOR MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED HIS ...

Aug. 8—JEFFERSON — Mark Twain made frog jumping world famous in his short story, "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." And, although fairgoers may have read the story several times, it's best ...

ALAMEDA, Calif. - With five generations of frog jumping enthusiasts, one Bay Area family is gearing up to compete in this weekend's Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. It's a contest for ...

In the town of Springfield lies the competition of the Governor’s Frog Jump. Ever since the 1960s, people have been traveling to compete with aspirations of winning. Those aspirations have been ...

“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County” not only launched Mark Twain’s literary career but would also later inspire an annual frog jumping competition in Angels Camp, Calif. This year marked ...