Hometown of Mark Twain - Hannibal, MO

[@TampaJay]

Beautiful drone footage of the mighty mississip!

[@mcwatersd]

Fantastic grew up on Mark Twain stories, that and Nancy Drew couldn't get enough of them. Great tour. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤

[@brandonlahman7945]

I took a canoe / kayak trip from Illinois to Hannibal when I was a young kid. It was amazing.

[@AroundIndiana]

Brandon Lahman that sounds fun. How long did that take? Just curious

[@brandonlahman7945]

AroundIndiana It was called the Madrac classic and took a week or so. I was 13 or 14 at the time... Going through all the locks.. Kayaking through massive barges... Camping at each stop for the night... The river was as wide as a lake at certain points and when a storm hit the white caps were 2 or 3 feet tall. It was quite an adventure and so cool to be greeted by Huckleberry Finn when I reached Hannibal....

[@melissawinstead8701]

I love Mark Twain!! Thanks so much for visiting this place. Love the drone shots! Keep up the great work!

[@scottcamp7385]

our schools took out Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. But I'll make sure my kids read them and know good reading. Excellent books

[@CAROLINATONY]

Great Job! You accomplished in this video exactly what I strive for in mine. Show enough and interesting enough to make people want to see more. show me more. Thanks

[@dawnbenchley7237]

Thanks, Jacob, for your video on Mark Twain. One of my fav authors.

[@countspockula3261]

I was lucky enough to visit Hannibal in the 7th grade, and even though it was over 20 years ago, it's still one of the most memorable trips I've ever taken. I loved the museums and the riverboat, but I enjoyed the Haunted House on Hill Street the most. It had such a quaint, old-timey charm. The wax figures were definitely creepier than anything in the haunted house. Another awesome video from an outstanding channel.

[@mitchcrane2529]

MY HOME TOWN! Awesome place! Come back again sometime!

[@WilliamPierce38]

Good video. I was an English and Literature major. It’s always nice to see someone excited about a great America author.

[@BenJamin-mo7zx]

You are the best carpet bagger

[@SNL1192]

I think Hannibal is one of my favorite places in the world! Great video, brought up lots of old memories

[@RhettyforHistory]

This was great! That large statue of Mark Twain was a little weird though. He looked like he just had a colonoscopy!

[@dirtcop11]

It is on highway 61 several miles south of Hannibal. It was built for an RV park. I haven't been back there in nearly 20 years, so I don't know if it still exists.

[@moladhdodhia1580]

Thank you, loved it.

[@lissachocolate]

Good video, interesting place, cool dinette, and an XL sized Mark Twain statue! 😊

[@jparsons3444]

Awesome town. Thanks for sharing. Great vid.

[@joemackey1950]

Good vid. I was there in late May, when the riverfront park was underwater and the river lapping inches from the top of the levee. (I parked in front of the brown building at :18). Really enjoyed my stay there and like being back there again. Thanx Carpetbagger. :)

[@rebeccamiller475]

I like the video. I liked seeing and hearing about the history of Mark Twain. I also liked how professional the video has been put together. You did a great job! Keep it up!

[@MichaelsExplorations]

That sandwich was HUGE!!!😳 COOL VID

[@rhodyjo]

My cousins grew up in Moberly, MO and we visited Injun Joe's Cave in Hannibal. Great memories there.

[@angelblue7779]

Great video! Thanks Jacob!

[@troylindsey1118]

Mark Twain visited our island and while he was here he planted a tree and it is now massive.

[@stylesandsmarts]

Thanks for this Jacob. We're possibly doing a road trip next year and will pass through here. Now we know what to look for. 👍🏻

[@morganball1918]

I just started watching your videos. I’m addicted

[@bonniekaye]

Great video, Jacob! :)

[@musicfanhawk4523]

Cool! I've always wanted to visit this place. Thanks for the tour;

[@cohenrichards9044]

I love living in Hannibal!

[@rosikoenig7375]

I love these types of videos.. keep up the good work!!

[@sandyfatland3141]

Nice job! Loved this vlog!

[@1funkateer847]

This is just 20 minutes from my home in Quincy, IL, an architecturally significant little city and worth a visit as well. I've visited the Twain sites numerous times over many years. There was once a wax museum/haunted house across the street from the Clemons home.

[@ojamablack1912]

Quincy, IL in the building! Gem City and Maid Rite.

[@1funkateer847]

@@ojamablack1912 cool. Think there are plenty of places here that are vlog-worthy. Washington theater, Villa Katherine, Eels house (underground RR), Lincoln debate site, Maine st. mansions....a lot of history here and some awesome buildings and parks.

[@irdeaner]

From Macomb, here. Used to live in Hannibal and passed that creepy statue everyday to work.

[@dougdrage9300]

Hey Jacob! Love your video clips my friend! I was going to recommend Hannibal to you and offer to be your guide...then, as if you knew, your Hannibal clips started appearing. You did a great job (even without me:) You are doing something I absolutely love and I am thrilled about your success! Keep it up my friend! Safe and Happy travels!

[@michaelsmith9671]

Hannibal? Heck Yeah! My old stomping grounds when I was growing up. And You found the Dinette too! How amazing was that tenderloin sandwich and Root Beer? A trip to that area for mark Twain fans, is not complete without a trip to Florida Missouri and seeing the actual cabin Sam Clemens was born in. About 35 miles or so south west of Hannibal near Paris Missouri.

[@michaelsmith9671]

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[@Charlie.M.Green1905]

I love your drone shots!!

[@mollyhouchins230]

The root beer sign actually spins at the Dinette, but it hasn't done it in a long time.

[@gothhearse]

hey, man just seeing this video I grew up there from 1995-2001. my dad's family is from there.

[@followerofjesuschrist5213]

Nauvoo is about an hour north, it's pretty cool. Also, Quincy, IL pretty cool, President Lincoln and Douglas (opposition candidate) had presidential debates.

[@lilmelcvlogs]

I can see the side of my house in this video! This is so cool, I hope you had a humble stay

[@kathybryant1788]

Loved this video. Good job.

[@jag617]

Mark prefers Aquafina.. 😂 Thanks for the tour.

[@mollyhouchins230]

The giant statue is literally across the highway from my house haha, also the Fireworks Superstore is now the largest in the US!

[@dirtcop11]

I was born in Hannibal, but Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) was born near Florida, MO in Ralls County. While Mark Twain is the most famous person to have lived in Hannibal and many of his books were based on his boyhood in Hannibal, there are other people from Hannibal who became famous. Margaret Tobin, who went to Denver, CO, and married a wealthy miner with the last name of Brown. Margaret's nickname was Molly. Yes, Molly Brown, the Titanic survivor, was from Hannibal. Cliff Edwards was born in Hannibal, but you might not know who he was. If you watched the Disney television series, you heard Cliff's voice, he was the voice of Jiminy Cricket. He sang "When You Wish Upon a Star". By the way, Jiminy Cricket was a swear word that was popular in the midwest.

[@johngparker557]

I was born and raised in Hannibal Missouri I even work for a hardware store called Martin True Value and I used to eat at Mark Twain Dinette I used to get there Kenroy I now live in Oklahoma City Oklahoma do not say tenderloin down here they don't have any they never heard of anything you did a good job keep up the good work and thank you very much bye bye

[@mollyhouchins230]

I've lived in the Hannibal area my whole life, at Mark Twain Senior high, which is in Center, you can still find his books in our libraries. Mr. Twain is still mentioned in our history classes and everything. I love how popular our little town is, although the traffic is really congested through the northern part. Downtown is where it's at though, gotta love it. Christmas is a wonderful time to visit downtown cause all the shops are decorated and then Broadway goes all out with the parade. Usually around the 4th of July, we also have Tom Sawyer Days, which involves a carnival and lots of other activities and things to do and see, the parade is great as well haha.

[@dave1135]

Cool, Jacob, you're in my neck of the woods. If you go north from Hannibal to kahoka, mo, there's Athens state park north of kahoka on highway 81. It was the site of one of first and most northern battles of the civil war. It has several restored houses from the period, including the thome-benning house that had a cannibal go thru it during the battle, and the hole is still there and can be seen. The house is completely restored and furnished with pieces from the civil war. My. Scout troop when I was assistant scoutmaster excavated the ruins of the old general store and the glasses and plate fragments we found are on display

[@kevingmiter5144]

Kool video.i live in Quincy but came from Hannibal mo.

[@loganmarkley6544]

You should've checked out the mark Twain cave! It's pretty cool too... Also, I work there... Anyways... Glad you came to Hannibal!

[@poodlenme]

Pretty cool

[@korg13]

there is a town in California named after Mark Twain and Bret Harte called Twain Harte in Tuolumne county.

[@_BlackKnight]

I live in Hannibal

[@RaymoreRockStarMom]

I have stopped by here every year since the 80s on my way to Quincy Illinois with my grandmother. We would always stop to get salt water taffy. You missed a few key spots that might not have been open while you were there. One is an antique shop I believe and it has several different miniature window-box almost claymation like depictions from his stories. and then there is engine Joe's home that has a quirky little haunted house inside of it and a small wax museum of Samuel Clemens and his family. To further confuse you Samuel Clemens use the name Mark Twain for his writing and yes you're right Tom Sawyer is based on him. There's the caves and Becky Thatcher's home. The light house was also written about in his stories. I can't tell you how many times I have been in all of those museums it's ridiculous😂😂 thank you for sharing this gem! don't forget about all the caves up and down Missouri those are pretty awesome too

[@hardline5889]

Sad thing is I grew up in Hannibal and never once went through any of the Mark Twain stuff.

[@zig_zagman]

Jacob, it looks like you enjoyed the heck out of Hannibal!

[@anumiller7140]

It's so sad that schools and libraries are banning Mark Twans

[@bethgood3214]

Books should be appreciated for it's time & place. Help kids understand that time period & it's way of thinking. We should learn from our past not abolish it.

[@JaycRam]

The Geezer - You're a fool. Mark Twain deserves a place in literary history, whose works should be available for future generations. Deal with it.

[@1funkateer847]

Geezer definitely hasn't read any Twain books. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an anti-racism story. Sam Clemons was a well traveled and very intelligent man with a sharp wit. He was not a racist.

[@deniseboldea1624]

chronicsinnerZ America was settled by the Native Americans long before any European set foot on this land. Think about that the next time your or someone you know tells an American Indian to go back to thier own country.

[@scottm1981]

Have you read any of his books? Do you know anything about Twain? He was an abolitionist.

[@davidc.pierce9631]

Just for trivia, He was born on a day of closest pass-by of Halley's COMET..... He died, on the next, closest pass-by of Halley's COMET.... 💫🌠🐸

[@Starscreamlive]

The statue of Twain at the end looks a little more like John Wilkes Booth than it does Twain.

[@debbiebrown9275]

i live about a hour drive from there we eat at the Dinnette alot there onion rings are homemade and are excelent

[@waydaly1]

I live in hannibal Missouri and he didn't see a lot of it we have a Mark Twain cave a lot more statues over by the cave

[@davidrzyski3190]

Hey, Jacob. This is David Rzyski, we are here in Hannibal MO, and would love to say hello. We also know of a few local spots of higher interest that may appeal to your audience. We are available anytime today should you care to meet 2 teachers that are big fans. We have cats too😃

[@genageeraert8039]

I love your tshirt

[@renayvance-moser9434]

Interesting video. He was a product of the time. Hannibal is interesting in its own right.

[@JakeClark-xw4xz]

Have you ever been to the USS Alabama near downtown Mobile? That'd be cool. Thank you Carpetbagger I love all your videos!

[@safarieten]

Looks like a real Tourist trap !!!

[@chadotten9180]

Im from hannibal and im pissed i missed a chance to meet one of my favorite KZbinrs

[@conniecrawford5231]

Twain was a widely traveled person and went or worked in dozens of places from his birthin Florida, Missouri,his youth in Hannibal, his pursuit of life as a riverboat pilot,his adventures in writing and publishing,to his lecture tours to save himself from bankruptcy, he spent time in St Louis, NYC,Philadelphia, Hawaii,Nevada and Californiagold and silver. Fields and even visited Egypt and Africa before dying in Redding CT and being buried inElmira. Three towns have the geatest claim to him- Hannibal wfere he spent his youth and claim his small rivertown characters like Tomand Huck and Elmira and New Haven where ho loved most of his grown up live and raised his family!All 3 towns have majorTwain attractions and all deserve to have them. They all were important in his life at different stages of his life.

[@VacuousUsername]

Omg! I live here!! I'd love to meet you sometime!

[@samilt13]

How tall was that Mark Twain at the end? I love Tom Sawyer, Hick Finn, didn't mention indian Joe or Becky Thatcher.

[@MRATOMIC-yz2cx]

I really like the instrumental breaks with the slide guitar and hey Jacob is that the same kind of drone that Adam used in the past?

[@pappy4075]

Yes the drone makes a hayuge improvement

[@JaycRam]

I've read a few things by Twain. The guy was funny, and had wit. If you get the chance, Jacob, check out the Mark Twain Museum in Virginia City, Nevada. In the basement, they have the desk he used for when he worked at the newspaper company. Edit: Just found out the museum is permanently closed. That's a shame.

[@ivy4809]

Hey Carpetbagger!

[@unclemetal8774]

Fiji must have been full of mermaids. 😊

[@1funkateer847]

Yes, and hunted to extinction by collectors.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Jacob, pretty cool video. Will you be going on any more road trips with Adam in the future ??. x

[@barbarapariso9586]

Am sorry to contradict but, Mark Twain lived here in Elmira New York. He married here, wrote many of his books here, had his children here, and he and his family are buried here in Woodlawn Cemetery. This area is called "Mark Twain country". Mark Twain also had a home in Connecticut where he lived for a short time. The Cory Farm is still owned by Mr. Twain's descendants. His Study was moved from the Farm and placed on the campus of Elmira College. The fence that once surrounded the Langdon home, his wife's home, is located at the college. Mr. Clemens may have lived in Hannibul, but his home was in my home town.

[@conniecrawford5231]

barbara pariso You are right about Elmira but. Twain was born in Florida Missouri and spent his childhood years in Hannibal. I worked as a tour operator and lliterature professor for decades and Hannibal willaalwaysclai J

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[@shutterflyboy85]

Love Hannibal. Been there a few times over the decades and it never seems to change. Did you get your "Official Certificate of Completion" for climbing the stairs to the lighthouse? Oh, that reminds me, I need to make an appointment with my cardiologist!

[@deniseboldea1624]

Love the theme song you gave to Possum 2.0, where did it go?

[@PedalingPrince]

Watch the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Time's Arrow;" it's a two parter. When you watch it, you'll know why I suggested it here... 😄

[@AH-ew6ei]

That large statue should have his cigar releasing smoke for the full effect and his arm moving and........

[@iveyivey1298]

The face of Mark Twain on that very tall statue of him wasn't too appealing it just looked kind of distorted not too flattering at all

[@beastenvolved]

I live here run away as fast as you can throw here trust me

[@melelise9902]

believe it or not my dad help put up the statue of Mark Twain in the very end!

[@marlon747]

That Whitehouse is the aunthentic tom sawyer's house?

[@davidc.pierce9631]

By the way, is that museum on "2.. 2.. TWAIN STREET?..... "🐸

[@marlon747]

Boss will you please make a blog of tom sawyer's real town?

[@ye3195]

They rebuilt the light house

[@psycangle360]

so his dad was a lawyer. Sorta takes the fun outta it.

[@rodsturgis9941]

Hi Jacob just to let you know Camo Dave throws info out there about who donates and how much you receive from your super chats !!! It then turns into a feeding frenzy of anger towards you and your wife !! I was reading the comments and was thinking no one would care what you do unless it wasn’t for Dave making these snarky comments!!

[@blackhawkbuell8950]

Unfortunately most kids here these days don’t know what the significance is behind the town