Schmidt Jewelry Store

Historical marker location:

216 West Main Street, Washington, Missouri

( Marker is on West Main Street east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2012

c. 1863.

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".