Hannibal, Missouri: Mark Twain, Riverboat Pilot
A statue of a young Mark Twain stands at an artistically odd half of a ship's wheel, overlooking the Mississippi River.
- Address:
- Hill St., Hannibal, MO
- Directions:
- On the east end of Hill St., where it dead-ends at the Mississippi River.
- Admission:
- Free
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A statue in Glascock's Landing, looking over the Mississippi River. It commemorates Mark Twain's training to become a Steamboat pilot.
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It is helpful to Twain's Hannibal legacy that he was a Riverboat pilot -- it provides a reason to erect another Twain statue.