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    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...
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    "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...
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  • Look up calaveras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Calavera (Spanish for skull) or its plural calaveras, may refer to: Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped...
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    ca.us "Calaveras Big Trees State Park". Retrieved January 9, 2017. McKinney, John (October 13, 2002). "An autumn walk through Calaveras County's majestic...
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  • Thermalito Union School District Bret Harte Union High School District Calaveras Unified School District Mark Twain Union Elementary School District Vallecito...
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    Columbia Gazetteer of North America Friends of the Lower Calaveras River Calaveras River Watershed Stewardship Group Calaveras River Water Quality Study...
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    Mark Twain (category People from Monroe County, Missouri)
    as a writer with the humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which was published in 1865; it was based on a story that he heard...
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    twenty-five victims with his accomplice Leonard Lake at Lake's cabin in Calaveras County, California, 60 miles (96 km) from Sacramento, between 1983 and 1985...
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    industry in the county. Amador County was created by the California Legislature on May 11, 1854, from parts of Calaveras and El Dorado counties. It was organized...
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    business district of San Andreas, in Calaveras County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Calaveras. Although most U.S. airports use...
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    and non-fiction. His big break was "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" (1867). The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) The Prince and the...
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    Structures in the California Gold Rush". CALAVERAS HERITAGE COUNCIL. Retrieved March 11, 2024. Calaveras County Historical Society. "National Register of...
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    Angels Camp, California (category Cities in Calaveras County, California)
    City, Carson's Creek and Clearlake), is the only incorporated city in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,836 at the 2010 census...
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    Rancho Calaveras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 5,325 at the 2010 census, up from...
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    Area codes 209 and 350 (category Calaveras County, California)
    Ione Jackson Martell Pine Grove Pioneer Plymouth Sutter Creek Volcano Calaveras County Altaville Angels Camp Arnold Avery Calaveritas Campo Seco Cave City...
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    well as 128 acute psychiatric hospitals. Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial...
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    of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892. "Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit: 2005...
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    58 counties. The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by...
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  • notable. It does not include pet cemeteries. Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial...
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    of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain. An event, inspired by the Twain story, has been held annually in Angels Camp, in California's Calaveras County, since...
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  • Marker Program, which designates county routes in California. The "J" zone includes county highways in Alameda, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Inyo...
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    Murphys, California (category Census-designated places in Calaveras County, California)
    village located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 2,213 at the 2010 census...
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    San Andreas, California (category Census-designated places in Calaveras County, California)
    Andrew") is an unincorporated census-designated place and the county seat of Calaveras County, California. The population was 2,783 at the 2010 census, up...
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    Copperopolis, California (category Census-designated places in Calaveras County, California)
    Copperopolis is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,671 at the 2010 census...
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    Discovery Tree (category History of Calaveras County, California)
    walk through Calaveras County's majestic groves". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2023. "A Guide to the North Grove of the Calaveras Big Trees"...
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    The Calaveras Skull (also known as the Pliocene Skull) was a human skull found in 1866 by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was presented as...
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    The Calaveras County Bank is a historic bank building located at 1239 Main St. in Angels Camp, California. The two-story Classical Revival building was...
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    T.J. Dillashaw (category People from Calaveras County, California)
    Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw (born February 7, 1986) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
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    Arnold, California (category Census-designated places in Calaveras County, California)
    Arnold is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,843 at the 2010 census, down from 4,218...
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    its name to San Joaquin, and in 1929 to San Joaquin-Calaveras Council. In 1957, San Joaquin-Calaveras Council changed its name to Forty Niner Council.[a]...
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