A Slave Plantation

Historical marker location:

7400 Grant Road, Affton, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Grant Road, 0.4 miles north of Gravois Road (State Highway 30), on the right when traveling north.)

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".