The Barnes Enclosure

Historical marker location:

8701 East Gregory Boulevard, Raytown, Missouri

( Marker is on East Gregory Boulevard, 0 miles west of Blue Ridge Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.)

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".