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Hannibal Missouri
Age is mind over matter, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. (Mark Twain)
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. (Mark Twain)
Photos taken on our driving trip to Branson Missouri in 2008.
The most notable reason to visit Hannibal is Mark Twain. The town is very proud of its relationship with him and has preserved many of the buildings.
Museum properties includes eight properties: six properties are on the National Register of Historic Places, and two exciting, interactive museums whose collections include fifteen original Norman Rockwell paintings, Mark Twain's Oxford gown, and many priceless artifacts.
A self-guided tour of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home Museum properties gives you the chance to explore the Hannibal of Samuel Clemens' childhood and experience the beloved stories he created as Mark Twain through the power of his imagination.
Twain was one of a kind. I'd love to see that place.
ReplyDeleteI visited Hanibal when I lived in St. Louis, so it was in pre-teen to teen years probably. I had read the first two of his books, and some short stories already, so admired where he had been inspired to write them. Later I lived near West Hartford, CT where he built his house for his later years. I also have enjoyed seeing some "enactments" of Twain on stage...by at least 2 different actors.
ReplyDelete...this looks like a fabulous place.
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