To the many folks who have said they missed me in Elmira, I thank you and lament that I missed the festivities.  Family obligations, some good, some bad, none ugly, kept me away.

Gregg



On Aug 27, 2013, at 9:36 AM, "Gregg Camfield" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Still safe.  It's north of Sonora, which is north-west of the fire. In fact=
> , Sonora is an evacuation shelter site.
> 
> The L.A. Times has a map of the fire boundaries.
> http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/arcims.php
> 
> 
> The Fed Govt has a fire incident site that links to much info, including sa=
> tellite photos of the fire.
> http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/arcims.php
> 
> Gregg
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Aug 27, 2013, at 5:06 AM, "Richard Reineccius" <richard_reineccius@YAHOO=
> .COM<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> 
> Twain Folks -=3D0AI haven't yet seen whether the Mark Twain Cabin has been =
> ha=3D
> rmed or destroyed by the big RIM FIRE that is still growing, and invading Y=
> =3D
> osemite Park.=3D0ADoes anyone know?=3DA0 The various news outlets here in C=
> alif=3D
> ornia haven't mentioned it, but today they reported that the Berkeley City =
> =3D
> Camp in Tuolumne County has been destroyed.=3D0A=3D0AWrite me directly, or =
> post=3D
> to the list if you know the cabin's [log in to unmask]<=
> mailto:[log in to unmask]>=3D
> =3D0A(sent from Oakland, CA)=3D0A=3D0ABelow are the words from the CofC abo=
> ut the=3D
> cabin. Pictures are to be found via an ASK.COM<http://ASK.COM> search for M=
> arkTwainBretHar=3D
> teTrail=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A =3D0AHistoric Point of Interest =3D0AReconstructed M=
> ark Twain =3D
> Cabin =3D0AJackass Hill Road =3D0ANear=3D0A=3D09=3D09=3D09Tuttletown  =3D0A=
> A plaque spons=3D
> ored by the Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce reads:  =3D0A=3DA0 =3D0AMar=
> k Twai=3D
> n Bret Harte Trail - Mark Twain Cabin =3D0AStopping place of packers carryi=
> ng=3D
> supplies to miners. Often 300 jackasses on hill over night furnishing conc=
> =3D
> ert suggesting name "Jackass Hill." Very coarse gold found here. $10,00 tak=
> =3D
> en from 100 square feet of ground. Quartz found containing 3/4 of total wei=
> =3D
> ght in gold. Mark Twain, Steve, Jim and Bill Gillis and Dick Stoker, the "D=
> =3D
> ick Baker" in "Roughing It," were cronies. Mark wrote here "Jumping Frog of=
> =3D
> Calaveras" from notes made at Angels Camp tavern. =3D0AErected by Tuolumne =
> C=3D
> ounty Chamber of Commerce 1928   =3D0AA Rotary Club plaque mounted on a roc=
> k =3D
> beside the cabin reads:  =3D0A=3DA0 =3D0AMark Twain Cabin =3D0AThis cabin w=
> as first=3D
> built in 1922 to commemorate the famed author's presence in Tuolumne Count=
> =3D
> y during the winter of 1864-1865. Sam Clemens had come over the mountains f=
> =3D
> rom Virginia City, Nevada, to San Francisco with his friend Steve Gillis. H=
> =3D
> is various biographers gave different reasons for Clemens coming to Jackass=
> =3D
> Hill. No matter the reason, Sam Clemens arrived here on December 4, 1864. =
> =3D
> =3D0AClemens, better known as Mark Twain, stayed with the other two Gillis =
> br=3D
> others, Jim and Bill, and Dick Stocker (local pocket miners) until about Fe=
> =3D
> bruary 25, 1865. While living on the hill, Sam heard the story of the "jump=
> =3D
> ing frog" in an Angels Camp saloon. His version would transform his life. A=
> =3D
> lso some of the tall tales spun by the Gillis brothers and Stoker would fin=
> =3D
> d their way into Mark Twain's later writings. That short stay here in the S=
> =3D
> ierra had quite an impact on American literature. =3D0ATime and the element=
> s =3D
> took their toll on the first "Mark Twain Cabin," so the Sonora Sunrise Rota=
> =3D
> ry Club, during 2002 - 2005, restored the cabin as its centennial project, =
> =3D
> celebrating 100 years of Rotary (1905-2005). This cabin was dedicated on Fe=
> =3D
> bruary 23, 2005, the 100th birthday of Rotary International.   =3D0AThis si=
> te=3D
> is also Califronia Historical Landmark 138.
>