KATY Caboose #127

Historical marker location:

New Franklin, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and Missouri Street (Missouri Route 5), on the right when traveling east on Broadway.)

Marker installed: 1992

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".