218 North Main

Historical marker location:

218 North Main Street, St. Charles, Missouri

( Marker is on North Main Street south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2011

A. R. Hunings Dry Goods Co. 1868-1928. 1863 Herman Mallinckrodt.

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".