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Podcast: Queens of the Mines
Episode: The Last Brothel in Calaveras County - FROM THE VAULT
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Samuel Clemens arrived in Angels Camp in 1865 in the middle of a rainstorm so intense that it left Clemens stranded in Calaveras County for the next two weeks. Many local townspeople gathered at the Angels Hotel at the corner of Main at Birds Way to pass the time. While local residents were sharing stories, a local man told the tale of his friend who possessed a frog that he had trained. Clemens found the story amusing and took notes in the corner. Later that y...