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Calaveras County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California.
Calaveras is named for the Spanish word meaning skulls, reportedly for the bones of fighters left behind after an Indian war that were
discovered by Captain Gabriel Moraga. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 40,554. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels Camp
is its only incorporated city.
Calaveras Big Trees State Park, a preserve of Giant Sequoia trees, is located in the county several miles east of the town of Arnold on
state highway 4. The uncommon gold telluride mineral calaverite is named for the county.
Mark Twain set his story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", in the county. Each year, the county hosts its County Fair
and Jumping Frog Jubilee, featuring a frog jumping contest, to celebrate the association with Twain's story. The celebrated California
Red-legged Frog, feared absent from the county by 1969, was rediscovered in 2003.
"Calaveras County, California." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 17 Sep 2009, 18:48 UTC. 17 Sep 2009
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Contact us for a list of California Foreclosures in Calaveras County, California.
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