by [email protected] | Sep 9, 2026 | News, Sports Report
If you’re looking for a fun Missouri getaway, you might want to put Hannibal on your list. The Mississippi River town is best known as the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, and you can explore the places and people that inspired some of...
by [email protected] | Mar 10, 2026 | News, Show Me Today
In Missouri and the rest of America, we put Mark Twain on a pedestal- literally. It’s the human and flawed side of Mark Twain that is just interesting, says writer Ann Ryan. Her book, The Ghosts of Mark Twain, was recently published by the University of Missouri...
by [email protected] | Aug 14, 2024 | History, Show Me Today
Mark Twain’s story of Huckleberry Finn, and his friend Jim, is based on true people and places in Hannibal and northeast Missouri. A museum in Hannibal showcases all of that. Ashley Byrd talks with the executive director Faye Dant of Jim’s Journey: The Huck Finn...
by [email protected] | Sep 28, 2023 | Show Me Today
The original manuscript of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, has gotten a major facelift. Cameron Conner is with the Superintendent of Mark Twain Birthplace Historic Site, Rachel Hoemann, and historian, Marianna Bodine.
by admin | Aug 12, 2021 | Education, History, News, Politics / Govt, Weather
Former U.S. Senator and two term Missouri Governor Kit Bond (R) returned to Jefferson City for this week’s Bicentennial celebration. The 82-year-old Bond had lunch with Governor Mike Parson at the governor’s Mansion on Tuesday, and met with Parson in the...
