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 satellite photos of the fire.
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/arcims.php

Gregg

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On Aug 27, 2013, at 5:06 AM, "Richard Reineccius" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Twain Folks -=0AI haven't yet seen whether the Mark Twain Cabin has been ha=
rmed or destroyed by the big RIM FIRE that is still growing, and invading Y=
osemite Park.=0ADoes anyone know?=A0 The various news outlets here in Calif=
ornia haven't mentioned it, but today they reported that the Berkeley City =
Camp in Tuolumne County has been destroyed.=0A=0AWrite me directly, or post=
to the list if you know the cabin's [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>=
=0A(sent from Oakland, CA)=0A=0ABelow are the words from the CofC about the=
cabin. Pictures are to be found via an ASK.COM<http://ASK.COM> search for MarkTwainBretHar=
teTrail=0A=0A=0A =0AHistoric Point of Interest =0AReconstructed Mark Twain =
Cabin =0AJackass Hill Road =0ANear=0A=09=09=09Tuttletown  =0AA plaque spons=
ored by the Tuolumne County Chamber of Commerce reads:  =0A=A0 =0AMark Twai=
n Bret Harte Trail - Mark Twain Cabin =0AStopping place of packers carrying=
supplies to miners. Often 300 jackasses on hill over night furnishing conc=
ert suggesting name "Jackass Hill." Very coarse gold found here. $10,00 tak=
en from 100 square feet of ground. Quartz found containing 3/4 of total wei=
ght in gold. Mark Twain, Steve, Jim and Bill Gillis and Dick Stoker, the "D=
ick Baker" in "Roughing It," were cronies. Mark wrote here "Jumping Frog of=
Calaveras" from notes made at Angels Camp tavern. =0AErected by Tuolumne C=
ounty Chamber of Commerce 1928   =0AA Rotary Club plaque mounted on a rock =
beside the cabin reads:  =0A=A0 =0AMark Twain Cabin =0AThis cabin was first=
built in 1922 to commemorate the famed author's presence in Tuolumne Count=
y during the winter of 1864-1865. Sam Clemens had come over the mountains f=
rom Virginia City, Nevada, to San Francisco with his friend Steve Gillis. H=
is various biographers gave different reasons for Clemens coming to Jackass=
Hill. No matter the reason, Sam Clemens arrived here on December 4, 1864. =
=0AClemens, better known as Mark Twain, stayed with the other two Gillis br=
others, Jim and Bill, and Dick Stocker (local pocket miners) until about Fe=
bruary 25, 1865. While living on the hill, Sam heard the story of the "jump=
ing frog" in an Angels Camp saloon. His version would transform his life. A=
lso some of the tall tales spun by the Gillis brothers and Stoker would fin=
d their way into Mark Twain's later writings. That short stay here in the S=
ierra had quite an impact on American literature. =0ATime and the elements =
took their toll on the first "Mark Twain Cabin," so the Sonora Sunrise Rota=
ry Club, during 2002 - 2005, restored the cabin as its centennial project, =
celebrating 100 years of Rotary (1905-2005). This cabin was dedicated on Fe=
bruary 23, 2005, the 100th birthday of Rotary International.   =0AThis site=
is also Califronia Historical Landmark 138.