Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are icons of Mark Twain's Missouri. Experience this world by watching these movie classics!
These books are set in Missouri. Three of them are also available as an audio book. Click on the pictures of the book covers to begin reading!
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
This title is also available as an audiobook from Librivox. Click on the headphones to get the audiobook! 
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
This title is also available as an audiobook from Librivox. Click on the headphones to get the audiobook!
Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Calamity Jane
This title is also available as an audiobook from Librivox. Click on the headphones to get the audiobook!
A Struggle for a Fortune by Harry Castlemon
Missouri is the next stop on the Great River Road. We will begin at the childhood home of Mark Twain in Hannibal, pass the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and learn about earthquakes at New Madrid. Let's get started. Click on the photo below to find out about all of the things to do on the Great River Road in Missouri!
Our first stop in Missouri is the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal. This is the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better know as author Mark Twain. Clemens found the inspiration for many of his stories, including the white picket fence, while living here. The Museum consists of 9 properties. Click on the picture above for a tour of this site.
The Gateway Arch is located at the site of St. Louis's founding on the Mississippi River. The monument is the world's tallest arch and the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere. It is also Missouri's tallest accessible building. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States and is officially dedicated to "the American people". It is commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West". Click on the picture of the Arch to take a virtual tour of the Arch!
The New Madrid Historical Museum located in New Madrid, Missouri, reflects the history of this river town through the early 20th century. The great earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 are well documented in the Museum's collections as is the potential for future seismic activity. Other exhibits include the story of the Battle of Island #10 during the Civil War, and the story of the Mississippians, who occupied the New Madrid area for several centuries at what is now known as the Lilbourn Fortified Village Site. Click on the picture for a tour of the Earthquake Exhibit!
Legend has it that the St. Louis gooey butter cake originated by accident in the 1930s, when a baker mixed up the proportion of butter in one of his coffee cakes. Rather than throw it out, he sold it by the square, and the sugary, sticky confection was a hit. Click on the picture below to try the recipe!
