Bell-Pharis House

Historical marker location:

20611 EE Highway, Liberty, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Missouri State Highway EE (Missouri Route EE) ½ mile south of Missouri Highway H.)

Marker installed: 1976

Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark .

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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".