Nora Stewart School / Monta's Chicken and Rib Shack

Historical marker location:

207 N 5th St, Columbia, Missouri

( Marker is on North 5th Street just north of East Ash Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2019

African-American Heritage Trail.

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".