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What was life like for Mark Twain in Hannibal, MO in the 1830’s?. Mark Twain’s America. Map of the USA in 1832. Mark Twain’s America. Fargo. Minneapolis. Hannibal. Map drawn in 1832. Mark Twain’s America. Fargo and Minneapolis don’t exist yet. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What was life like for Mark Twain in Hannibal, MO in the 1830’s?Mark Twain’s America
Map of the USA in 1832
Mark Twain’s America
Fargo
Minneapolis
Hannibal
Map drawn in 1832
Mark Twain’s America
• Fargo and Minneapolis don’t exist yet. • North Dakota and
Minnesota are not states yet. (ND: 1889, MN: 1858)
Map drawn in 1832
Mark Twain’s America
• Towns and farms are far apart.• Can only be reached
on foot or horseback. Travel is slow and difficult.• Boats can’t easily
travel upstream.
Accurate map of the USA in 1832
Mark Twain’s America
Indian relocation in the 1830’s
The “Trail of Tears”
The natural landscape of Missouri.
Hannibal, Missouri in the 1830’s
• small, isolated• surrounded by
forest• steamboat
travel is very new
Steamboats Bring Big Changes
• Steamboats were first brought to New Orleans in 1811.• They change life on
the lower Mississippi• but they don’t reach
Hannibal until 1830.
Steamboats Bring Big Changes
• Transporting people and goods is now quick and easy.• New Orleans to
Hannibal in 3 days.• Piloting a riverboat
was difficult and exciting.
What did Mark Twain do for fun?
Mark Twain’s America
What do you do for fun?
21st CenturyAmerica
What do you do for fun?
21st CenturyAmerica
What did 1830’s kids do for fun?
hunt
ing
fishing
hoop rollingboard games― Checkers― Chess― Nine Men’s MorriceBlind Man's
Bluff
Marbles
dress up & pretenddolls
woo
den
toys
What did Mark Twain do for fun?Mark Twain’s America
But mainly, he spent a lot of time outdoors playing games of imagination, like:• Robin Hood• Pirates• Army battles• Davy Crockett
What did Mark Twain do for fun?Mark Twain’s America
And exploring the natural environment around Hannibal:• caves• islands• forest• river
Mark Twain’s boyhood homeMark Twain’s America
Later on, we’ll explore what Hannibal and the area around it look like today using Google Earth. Find the places where Tom Sawyer has his adventures!