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. >