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 Samuel Longhorn Clemens, Forest Park ~ St. Louis, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 38.736 W 090° 17.142
15S E 736223 N 4280945
Known to the World as Mark Twain.
Waymark Code: WM63P2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2009
Views: 8
Plaque Erected by: Mark Twain Association.
Date Plaque Erected: 1957.
County of Plaque: St. Louis Independent City
Location of Plaque: Lindell Blvd. & DeBaliviere Ave., Missouri History Museum Lobby (formerly Jefferson Memorial), Forest Park, City of St. Louis.
Plaque Text:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
MARK TWAIN
born at
FLORIDA, MISSOURI
November 30, 1815.
died at
REDDING, CONNECTICUT
April 21, 1910.
AUTHOR, LECTURER
AND HUMORIST
Who recreated in many of
his writings, the Mississippi
River life of his early years
and gave the world such
unforgettable characters
as Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn, and
Colonel Mulberry Sellers.Visit Instructions:
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