Historical Marker
E. J. Roe Hat Company Building
Historical marker location:
708 Broadway Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri
( Marker is on Broadway Boulevard north of 8th Street, on the left when traveling north.)
1902.
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".