Mark Twain Spring

Mark Twain Spring is a Tennessee historical marker in in front of Mark Twain Park, Fentress County.

Fentress Co, Jamestown, N. Main St., in front of Mark Twain Park

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This historical landmark of Fentress County was named for Samuel Langhorne Clemens, know worldwide as Mark Twain. It was the source of water for early settlers of Jamestown, including Clemens' parents who settled on adjoining property to the north, where they lived from 1827-1832. In the spring of 1835 they left for Missouri, where Clemens was born that November.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1824 · Kentucky (Finley, 1824) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Kentucky And Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Kentucky (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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