He's good enough for one thing, I should judge-he can outjump any frog in Calaveras County," said Smiley in Mark Twain's famous short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavetas County." This was the inspiration for the Calavetas County JumpingFrog Contest, which has taken place since 1928 in the village of Angels Camp in Calavetas County, California. Thefirst year,15000 people attended this unusual event, more than the entire population of Calavetas County at the time. The following year, the crowd doubled, and by 1931, the event was so popular that two additional jumping areas had to be added toaccommodate entries from around the world. Today, more than 50000 spectators attend this event and the frog entries nunber 1000.