Carondelet Drum Corps

Historical marker location:

119 East Loughborough Avenue, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is at the intersection of South Broadway and Loughborough Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Broadway.)

Life in 1800's Carondelet

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".