Max Starkloff

Historical marker location:

6170 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Delmar Boulevard east of North Skinker Boulevard, on the right.)

Marker installed: 2008

Born September 18, 1937

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".