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Item Title
Mark Twain Cabin, Jackass Hill, Tuolumne County, CA
Location
Jackass Hill, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1296
Building/structure dates:
1860 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1923 subsequent work
Significance: Cabin used by Mark Twain (1864-1866) while writing The Celestial Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Related Names
Gillis, William
Gillis, James
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Photocopy of photograph (source unknown, late 19th century) EXTERIOR, GENERAL VIEW, LATE 19TH CENTURY, BEFORE RESTORATION
2. Photocopy of photograph (from V. Covert Martin Collection, Stockton, California, 1900) EXTERIOR, GENERAL VIEW, 1900, BEFORE RESTORATION
3. Photocopy of photograph (Source unknown, c. 1923) EXTERIOR, GENERAL VIEW OF CABIN SHOWING ENTRANCE AND ORIGINAL STONE CHIMNEY AFTER RESTORATION
4. Photocopy of photograph (source unknown, date unknown) EXTERIOR, CLOSE-UP OF RESTORED CABIN SHOWING ENTRANCE AND ORIGINAL STONE CHIMNEY
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