Hannibal in Marion County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

1835 - Mark Twain - 1910

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020

1. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Marker

Inscription.

His religion was humanity and
a whole world
mourned for him when he died

Erected 1913 by the State of Missouri.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 39° 43.479′ N, 91° 22.054′ W. Marker is in Hannibal, Missouri, in Marion County. It is on Riverview Park Road, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is at a scenic overlook in Riverview Park, off Harrison Hill Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hannibal MO 63401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Missouri’s Mark Twain Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse (approx. 0.8 miles away); Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (approx. 0.9 miles away); Hannibal (approx. one mile away); The Hatten House (approx. one mile away); The Jail in "Tom Sawyer" (approx. one mile away); "Huckleberry Finn House" Reconstruction (approx. one mile away); The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum (approx. one mile away); Mark Twain (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hannibal.

Other markers no longer nearby. Huck Finn’s Home (was approx. one mile away but has been confirmed missing); Cardiff Hill (was approx. one mile away but has been confirmed missing); Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn at the Foot of Cardiff Hill (was approx. one mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . .
1. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Bio. (Submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Historic Missourians: Samuel Langhorne Clemens. (Submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Bio. (Submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. How Mark Twain’s Childhood Influenced His Literary Works.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020

2. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Marker

On back of monument base

(Submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
5. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Sculpture at Smithsonian Art Inventory. (Submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens Monument and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020

3. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Monument and Marker

Samuel Langhorne Clemens Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020

4. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Statue

Samuel Langhorne Clemens Statue Sculptor's Mark image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 15, 2020

5. Samuel Langhorne Clemens Statue Sculptor's Mark

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 372 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 21, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.