Bob Ford | Special to News-Press NOW The Mark Twain paddleboat is shown on the Missouri River in Hannibal, Missouri. Bob Ford | Special to News-Press NOW Hannibal, Missouri, is pictured in this photo.
Mark Twain passed through Cape Girardeau as a passenger aboard the riverboat Nebraska in 1861. Twain, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo., passed through the city again Tuesday as part of statewide events to ...