What a fun place to visit! We love all the Mark Twain homes etc in the town. The whole town is dedicated to Mark Twain. We loved going down to the Mississippi River and seeing the river boats. I would loved to have stayed longer and had the experience of being on a river boat. The river is only a few blocks from where Samuel Clemens grew up. It's amazing! The stories he wrote all come to life in that little town.
Everything he wrote about actually happened. He pattered Tom Sawyer's life after his own and after his friends lives. Huckleberry Finn was pattered after one boyhood friend, who really was the poorest boy in town, and who's dad really was the town drunk.
The cave is real. There really was a murder in town, and the place where it took place is marked. Oh, and Becky Thatcher's house is really right across the street from Tom Sawyer's, except the names are not the same. Samuel's dad was the judge though, not Becky's.
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