Jack Buck

Historical marker location:

700 Clark Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Clark Avenue east of South 8th Street (Old U.S. 66), on the right when traveling east.)

August 21, 1924 - June 18, 2002

Mark Twain, one of America's most beloved authors, was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835. He later moved to Hannibal, Missouri, where he set many of his famous stories, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".