Daniel Boone Judgment Tree Memorial

Historical marker location:

3512 Alice Avenue, Matson, Missouri

( Marker is on State Highway 94 north of Lucille Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1999

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".