Historical Marker
Bent & Ward Houses
Historical marker location:
1032 West 55th Street, Kansas City, Missouri
( Marker is on 55th Street, 0.1 miles east of Ward Parkway, on the left when traveling east.)
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".