THE RESTBOF HANNIBAL and MARK TWAIN

This poster tells more about the Clemens family.  The family moved to Hannibal in 1839  They had 5 children; ORION, PAMELA, BENJAMIN, SANUEL, and HENERY and one enslaved woman, JENNIE.  John was not a good businessman, who constantly tried  different vocations, but fail at all of them.  John died when Samuel was 11 years old.  His mother took him out of school so he could work and help the family.  At 12, he began working in a printer's shop, setting type.  This is where he said, he started to learn words and the correct way of using them.  Which helped in his story telling.

 This is the house that TOM BLANKENSHIP lived.  So part of yesterday question, who is Tom.  Mark Twain wrote the 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer' when he was 40 years old.  Twain used people he knew in Hannibal to make the characters in his book.  Tom became HUCKLEBERRY FINN.

This LAURIA HAWKINS house who became BECKY THATCHER in the book.  Pamela and Henry was Twain's sister and brother and they became cousins Mary and SID in the book.

Twain fashioned AUNT POLLY after his mother, Jane Clemens. 

This is in front of the house, which talks about Becky being Tom's first sweetheart.  In real life Laura was Mark's first sweetheart.

  This photo show Mark Twain and his first sweetheart, Laura Hawkins, later in life.  Laura lived to be 91.

This tells about Doctor Grant, who took the Clemens family into his quarters, when the Clemens fell on hard times.  He had this 3 story building.  First floor housed his Drug Store.  Part of second floor was his office space and they lived in part of second floor and third floor.  Jane Clemens did the cooking and house chores for being able to stay there.

During this time a cousin of Doctor Grant,  Ulysses S Grant, became a friend of Samuel Clemens.

After President Grant Death, Clemens published his best selling memoir, giving financial security to Grant's widow and honoring his friend in an eulogy.

  In the drug store, this poster told of three of the cures of the day, which each will kill a patient that took them; CALOMEL, which contains high doses of mercury, LAUDANUM, a derivative of opium, that is very addictive and BLEEDING, Which left them weak and less able to survive the effect of cholera.

This poster talks about the 3 main killing diseases of the time; Yellow Fever, Measles and Cholera.

  

The main street is  of Hannibal is 6 blocks long.  The building on both sides of the street look like these building.

 At the end of main street, Hannibal has created a Street named 'Avenue of Flags.  With the AMERICAN FLAG are the flags of the 13 original colonies..  Hannibal has a lot to offer.  A place to visit.

This is the end of my ADVENTURE.  What fun it has been. Traveled over 4000 miles, visited states and saw sites of early American history.  It was a very good adventure for me.  I hope you enjoyed the ride   THANKS FOR COMING ALONG.....      THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!!!!!