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Mark Twain Lake is a reservoir located in Ralls and Monroe Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was created by the Clarence Cannon Dam (formerly called Joanna Dam ) impounding the Salt River and is located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Hannibal .
Mark Twain State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 2,788 acres (1,128 ha) on Mark Twain Lake in Monroe County, Missouri. The state park offers water recreation, hiking trails, and campgrounds. [ 4 ]
Since Clarence Cannon Dam construction was completed in 1983, the first 15 miles of the Salt River after the confluence of the North, Middle, and South Fork have been contained in Mark Twain Lake. Below the dam, the river winds generally east for 63 miles through a rural valley surrounded by low bluffs.
Florida is a village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States.It is located at the intersection of Missouri Route 107 and State Route U on the shores of Mark Twain Lake.In 1910 the population was 200, per the census data in the 1911 Cram's World Atlas. [5]
The road crosses a part of Mark Twain Lake before leaving the state park and reaching an intersection with the eastern terminus of Route U. Route 107 continues northwest and crosses another portion of Mark Twain Lake prior to curving north again and passing through more woodland. The road heads to the northwest and runs through a mix of farm ...
The stream flows generally north passing under Missouri Route K and Missouri Route 19 and on to enter the waters of Mark Twain Lake south of the Ray Behrens Recreation Area. Prior to the impounding of the lake Dry Fork entered Lick Creek at 39°30′07″N 91°38′55″W / 39.50194°N 91.64861°W / 39.50194; -91.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
The historic site is adjacent to Mark Twain State Park on a peninsula at the western end of man-made Mark Twain Lake. The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. [6] Samuel Clemens, later known by the pen name Mark Twain, was born in the two-room house on November 30, 1835. [7]