Angels Camp More Than Just Frogs?

   To be honest, Angels Camp, California, has a lot more going for it besides frogs--but frogs are the number one draw, ever since a gent named Samuel Clemens, er, Mark Twain, penned a story about Jim Smiley and his pet jumping frog, Dan'l Webster. Twain reputedly heard the story from Ross Coon, proprietor of the Angels Hotel, which still stands at the corner of State Highway 49 and Birds Way. Back in 1865, placer mining had about played out and most of the miners were working for wages at the "hard rock" mines. In off hours, their obsession was gambling--betting on nearly anything, including how far a frog would jump.