River Klass

Mark Twain, then Samuel Clemens, was in town, and he saw it, couldn't believe there were some drunk guys betting on this, and he wrote this very first published thing about our town.

Mark Twain, then Samuel Clemens, was in town, and he saw it, couldn't believe there were some drunk guys betting on this, and he wrote this very first published thing about our town.

They're not riding the frogs. They stand behind them, and they do this, like,

They're not riding the frogs. They stand behind them, and they do this, like,

They're not riding the frogs. They stand behind them, and they do this, like,

So here's a place where you can stand 20 feet from a tree that was around before Jesus Christ.

So here's a place where you can stand 20 feet from a tree that was around before Jesus Christ.

So here's a place where you can stand 20 feet from a tree that was around before Jesus Christ.

To stand next to a tree that was 300 years old when Julius Caesar was just born. It puts weird things into perspective when you stand next to something like that.

To stand next to a tree that was 300 years old when Julius Caesar was just born. It puts weird things into perspective when you stand next to something like that.

To stand next to a tree that was 300 years old when Julius Caesar was just born. It puts weird things into perspective when you stand next to something like that.

Yeah, they're the big trees of Calaveras County.

Yeah, they're the big trees of Calaveras County.

Yeah, they're the big trees of Calaveras County.

It just gives you a little bit. I mean, you were hopefully around for 80, 90, maybe 100 years. And that's a couple of seconds for these behemoth trees. They're 2,000 years. How many winters? How many storms? How many crazy events in life? They've just stood there and are still alive.

It just gives you a little bit. I mean, you were hopefully around for 80, 90, maybe 100 years. And that's a couple of seconds for these behemoth trees. They're 2,000 years. How many winters? How many storms? How many crazy events in life? They've just stood there and are still alive.

It just gives you a little bit. I mean, you were hopefully around for 80, 90, maybe 100 years. And that's a couple of seconds for these behemoth trees. They're 2,000 years. How many winters? How many storms? How many crazy events in life? They've just stood there and are still alive.

Fire. Well, fire's not so bad. They need fire, but it can be – it's usually something – beetles or – what happened to us is up there is us. We did it. There's a really good story. One of the biggest trees, they still have the stump. It was used as a bowling alley. That's how long – it's like 30 feet in diameter. Wow. The guys cut it down. So they cut through it.

Fire. Well, fire's not so bad. They need fire, but it can be – it's usually something – beetles or – what happened to us is up there is us. We did it. There's a really good story. One of the biggest trees, they still have the stump. It was used as a bowling alley. That's how long – it's like 30 feet in diameter. Wow. The guys cut it down. So they cut through it.

Fire. Well, fire's not so bad. They need fire, but it can be – it's usually something – beetles or – what happened to us is up there is us. We did it. There's a really good story. One of the biggest trees, they still have the stump. It was used as a bowling alley. That's how long – it's like 30 feet in diameter. Wow. The guys cut it down. So they cut through it.