Monday we headed to Washington Park in Quincy, Illinois. We found out it was the site of the 6th Lincoln-Douglas debate, the one that centered around slavery! We were looking for this marker, also located in that park We then headed to Hannibal, Missouri To see all things Mark Twain! We saw the boyhood home and museum, which included quite a lot The museum told about his life, his family, and background. Also, when he took the pen name Mark Twain (real name: Samuel Clemens), it literally meant "12 feet deep" as a water measurement on the river. I wonder what other people thought of that pen name, in that day and age? Maybe as silly as Lemony Snicket? A reconstructed home on the site where the real Huck Finn's house stood Becky Thatcher's house The offices of Samuel Clemens' father The boyhood home and a reconstructed "Tom Sawyer fence" The museum had exhibits about Tw