Historic Angels Camp and this feature is known as the Frog Hop of Fame. Lukas Foss used Twain's story for his 1950 opera The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

In 2015, Calaveras County had the highest rate of suicide deaths in the United States, with 49.1 per 100,000 people.

Etymology

The Spanish word calaveras means "skulls." The county takes its name from the Calaveras River; it