Cardiff Hill - Hannibal, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 39° 42.777 W 091° 21.481
15S E 640747 N 4397187
Cardiff Hill located at the north end of downtown area of Hannibal was made famous in Mark Twain in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Waymark Code: WM1CR3
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2007
Views: 168
Cardiff Hill is one of the places that Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn played and escaped from the town below. The first reference to Cardiff Hill in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is in Chapter 2 - "SATURDAY morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting." The events after this passage of the book are the famous fence whitewashing episode. Cardiff Hill is reference by name eight other times in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
Short Description: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn's place to escape from town
Book Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author's Name: Mark Twain
Name of Waymarked Item: Cardiff Hill
Location of Item: North end of Hannibal downtown area
More Information: Place where Tom and Huck played
Admission Price?: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
First Year Published: Not listed
Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: Not listed
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