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Hannibal, MissouriHannibal, Missouri

A Walking TourA Walking Tour

By: Sabrina Green & Kerry JohnsonBy: Sabrina Green & Kerry Johnson

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Historic Clothing

Boys Pants and Shirts Clothes like father- Waistcoats Collars Cravats

Girls Long Dresses Stays, not as tightly

fastened as the mother’s

Pantalettes-fancy leggings worn under dresses

All Clothes Natural fabrics; mostly cotton, linen,

and wool Used hooks, straight pins, and laces Made by hand

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Historical Games & Activities

Games‘Kick the Can’ Hoop-Rolling Ice Skating Marbles Checkers Chess

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Superstitions

Supernatural In the 1800’s, if you

rocked an empty cradle, you were inviting into your home the birth of another child

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Population and Location During the 1840’s

World Population1.3 billion

United States Population 17 million

Missouri Population384 thousand

Hannibal, Missouri1-2 thousand

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Refrain from smoking, chewing, drinking,

swearing, and profanity Covered the United States Sash & uniform made it appealing Organized in Ohio For girls and boys 16 and under

Cadets of Temperance

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Located in the north end of

Hannibal

Popular place among children (visited by Tom and Huck in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)

Tom and Huck statue at bottom

Cardiff Hill

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Twain visited often as a boy Purchased 1840 By Dr. Joseph McDowell Boarded up the door so he could do

experiments on preservation Discovered body of 14 year-old daughter in

cave Bought by Fielder & Stilwell families Spacious walkways Dry and level

McDougal's Cave/ McDowell’s Cave

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Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum

Includes 7 buildings Mark Twain’s home

“Huck Finn’s” home

“Becky Thatcher’s” house

Grant’s Dung Store

J.M. Clemens Justice of the Peace Office

2 interactive museums

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In the middle of the Mississippi River where it is

I mile wide Approximately 3 miles long and 1 mile wide Downriver from Hannibal Floods and rain made into 2-3 islands Long Narrow Wooded Forested Wild shrubs

Jackson’s Island

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School Year: winter and summer (10/11 weeks)

School Day: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (eat and play 12p.m.-1p.m.)

The Building: one-room schoolhouse

Grade Levels: all students in one class, grouped by book they were working on

Schoolhouses in the 1840’s

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Credits

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