You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On Thursday, Aug. 21, ten hardy frogs leapt at the chance to take part in ...

In the quaint town of Charlton, Massachusetts, an annual tradition brings residents together for a competition that’s equal parts quirky and heartwarming. The Charlton Wild Frog Jumping Contest has ...

Food trucks and inflatable water slides are two things you often see at many community celebrations, but one unique event Saturday at Rushford Days was the Frog Jumping Contest. For the fourth year, ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A rift between organizers of Calaveras County's famous frog jumping contest did not keep away thousands of frog wranglers Sunday inspired by Mark Twain's tall tale. About 4,000 ...

Frog Jumping Contest at the U of M in 1973 A look at the Frog Jumping Contest on May 2, 1973. The winner, Groucho, covered 7 feet 9 inches in 3 jumps and was entered into the national finals.

RUSHFORD, Minn. — A crowd of more than a hundred people gathered around to watch the kids coerce their pet frogs and toads across the finish line around 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rushford Days festival ...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. -- Mark Twain's 1865 tale of a frog-jumping contest draws more than 40,000 visitors each May to this historic mining community in the Sierra Nevada foothills. But those hoping to ...

ANGELS CAMP — Veteran and rookie frog jockeys faced off Sunday in the Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jump Jubilee, an annual gathering in California's gold country that honors a short story by Mark ...