2014 Cherokee

Historical marker location:

2014 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Cherokee Street east of Illinois Avenue, on the right.)

Marker installed: 2007

Moving Picture Tent. Cherokee-Lemp Historic District

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".