Hop on by the Calaveras County Fair this week for an annual competition that's sure to be ribbit-ing. The Jumping Frog Jubilee honors Mark Twain's humorous short story published in 1865.

This year marked the 96th Jumping Frog Jubilee. It merged in 1930 with the Calaveras County Fair to be held every year on the third weekend of May. Jockeys place their frogs on a lily pad, ...

In Angels Camp, Calaveras County, Calif., last week there was a lot of hopping being done. Local businessmen were holding the ninth Annual International Jumping Frog Jubilee. For Calaveras County ...

Jumping Frog Jubilee The frogs will be hopping at the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee. Along with frog competitions, the fair offers food, entertainment, a destruction derby ...

Nolan Moncrief, 5, of Modesto, watches his frog "Old Papa" leap to victory in the Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee at the fair in 2022. "Old Papa" beat 49 other contestants with a jump of 19 feet ...

The Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee started Thursday in Angels Camp, also known as Frogtown, USA. One of the longest-running fairs in California, the four-day event always begins on ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A rift between organizers of Calaveras County's famous frog jumping contest did not keep away thousands of frog wranglers Sunday inspired by Mark Twain's tall tale. About ...