First School-House in Greene County

Historical marker location:

1821 Mount Vernon Street, Springfield, Missouri

( Marker is on Mount Vernon Street near Wabash Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1921

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".