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Regardless of whether America's greatest author and wit of the 19th century actually made that pithy comment, and some Mark Twain scholars question whether he did, the remark is at least as true today as it was when Twain allegedly said it.

Regardless of whether America's greatest author and wit of the 19th century actually made that pithy comment, and some Mark Twain scholars question whether he did, the remark is at least as true today as it was when Twain allegedly said it.

MARK TWAIN pulled off a coup in 1867, brashly cabling to a San Francisco newspaper: "Send me $1,200 at once, I want to go abroad." Twain wanted to book passage on the Quaker City, the first American cruise ship to Europe.

Q: Is the coastal redwood tree a good landscape choice locally? Does it take a lot of water? — Sheila Schraub, San Luis Obispo A: The coastal redwood, Sequoia sempervirens is a well-known native of California.

In the course of 10 days from May 11 to 20, 2012, our region will celebrate and host three major events - The Mother Lode Roundup, The Amgen Tour of California and the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee.