Byram's Ford Battlefield

Historical marker location:

Kansas City, Missouri

( Marker is on Manchester Trafficway, 0.2 miles north of East 63rd Street, on the right 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".