How Building

Historical marker location:

523 Main Street, Weston, Missouri

( Marker is on Main Street near Short Street, on the right when traveling south.)

1848. Weston Historic District 1837.

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".