2639-2641 Cherokee Street

Historical marker location:

2641 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri

( Marker is on Cherokee Street west of Texas Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

The Vandora Theater

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".