If you are near St. Louis MO and you are looking for a budget vacation, there is a small city called Hannibal that is not far from St. Louis. It is a city of historical significance. Some might now know that Hannibal, MO, is the boyhood home of famous author Mark Twain whose real name was Samuel Clemens.
There have been a few Tom Sawyer movies made. Some are more famous than others. All Tom Sawyer movies feature Tom Sawyer, Becky and Huckleberry Finn, his buddy, who also has movies of his own based on the book also by Mark Twain called the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
We call this the real Tom Sawyer Island to differentiate it from the Tom Sawyer Island at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida and at Disneyland California.
Huckleberry Finn is a character created by Mark Twain in his Tom Sawyer books. Huckleberry Finn was a good friend of Tom Sawyer. He was a wild child who did not want to live with anyone. He wanted to be free to do whatever he wanted. He lived in a hut by the river. He liked to fish and hang out with Tom.
River boats like this river boat in the picture below often come to Hannibal Landing Dock in Hannibal Missouri where Tom Sawyer and his mate, Huckleberry Finn, were frequent visitors. Tom and Huck loved boats.
