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[2] [3] The event is held on the banks of the Mississippi river in downtown Hannibal. [4] Mark Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. [5] In 1959 a joint proclamation by the mayor, as well as the governors of Illinois and Missouri, moved the holiday to July 4. [6]
Mark Twain Historic District is a national historic district located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. The district encompasses 20 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hannibal. It developed between about 1840 and 1936. Located in the district is the separately listed Mark Twain Boyhood Home. Other notable buildings ...
Other notable contributing resources include Central Park with a war memorial monument and a life-size bronze statue of William Henry Hatch (1833-1894), City Hall (1909), old Missouri Guaranty Building (1894), Price Apartments (1904), YMCA (1910), Masonic Temple (1882), Park Methodist Church (1881, 1906), Retards Row (1855), Elks Building (1925 ...
The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, from 1844 to 1853.
Hannibal is a city along the Mississippi River in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2020 U.S. Census , the population was 17,312, [ 6 ] making it the largest city in Marion County.
Broadway District is a national historic district located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. The district encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hannibal. It developed between about 1866 and 1934, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Art Deco architecture. Notable ...
Maple Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. The district encompasses 148 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Hannibal.
Mark Twain Cave — originally McDowell's Cave — is a show cave located near Hannibal, Missouri. It was named for author Mark Twain whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Clemens lived in Hannibal from 1839 to 1853, age 4 to 17. It is the oldest operating show cave in the state, giving tours continuously since 1886. [1]