Samuel Clemens, born in Missouri, wrote many of his most famous works while living in Hartford, Connecticut
“Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief.”
-Samuel Clemens
The Mark Twain House: A Cultural Attraction
Mark Twain and his family lived in Hartford for 17 years. His home is now a museum and a popular attraction. According to the Museum website, “Mark Twain and his family enjoyed what the author would later call the happiest and most productive years of his life in their Hartford home.”
For more information and a virtual tour of the house:
https://marktwainhouse.org/
Samuel Clemens’s house was located in a neighborhood called Nook Farm, where many other authors, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, also lived.
While living in Hartford, Mark Twain wrote his most famous works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and The Prince and the Pauper
