Liberty

Historical marker location:

10 East Kansas Street, Liberty, Missouri

( Marker is on Water Street north of Kansas Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1953

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".