John C. Brown

88 Days in the Mother Lode: Mark Twain Finds His Voice

John C. Brown, Bert Simonis

Matt Sweetland

150 years ago, Samuel Clemens spent 88 days in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties in the winter of 1864/65. While taking refuge from the rain in Angels Camp, he was told the story of a jumping frog. That frog made him famous as Mark Twain.