Mark Twain excursion boat, styled like paddlewheeler, motors up Mississippi River; July/Hannibal Missouri

Mississippi River raft race recalls Tom & Huck @ Tom Sawyer Days; July 4th weekend, Hannibal Missouri

Mississippi River raft race recalls Tom & Huck @ Tom Sawyer Days; July 4th weekend, Hannibal Missouri

Boy urges his frog to jump from center of ring;Frog Jump Contest, Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

Older boy coaches his frog on art of jumping @ Frog Jump Contest, Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

As boy urges frog to jump it leaps into air; Frog Jump Contest, Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

Little girl pleads w/ her tuckered out frog; Frog Jump Contest Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

Little girl offers helping hand as frog jumps; Frog Jump Contest, Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

Owner eyes his frog as it goes for 2nd of 3 jumps in Frog Jump; Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

Boy blows on frog urging it to jump during Frog Jump Contest; Tom Sawyer Days, July, Hannibal. Missouri

Copying her frog's stance, Holly Tischer urges it to jump @ Frog Jump; Tom Sawyer Days, Hannibal. Missouri

Amy Collier waves her frog & 1st-place trophy to crowd at Frog Jump; Tom Sawyer Days, Hannibal. Missouri

Hucks & Toms wait to face off in Fence Painting Contest at Tom Sawyer Days; July, Hannibal. Missouri

Boy w/ corncob pipe waits to compete in Fence Painting Contest; Tom Sawyer Days; July, Hannibal. Missouri

Boys splash whitewash on 'fences' during Fence Painting Contest of Tom Sawyer Days; Hannibal. Missouri

Boys splash whitewash on 'fences' during Fence Painting Contest of Tom Sawyer Days; Hannibal. Missouri

Winner of Fence Painting Contest receives the Governor's Trophy at Tom Sawyer Days; Hannibal. Missouri

White mule clears the mark in Mule Jump Contest; Tom Sawyer Days, July 4th weekend, Hannibal. Missouri

Girls dressed like Huck & Tom await the start of Tomboy Sawyer Contest;Tom Sawyer Days;Hannibal Missouri

Girls dressed like Huck & Tom await the start of Tomboy Sawyer Contest;Tom Sawyer Days;Hannibal Missouri

Judge measures girl's best in bubble-gum-blowing contest; Tomboy Sawyer; Tom Sawyer Days/Hannibal Missouri

Girl practices her bubbles @ gum-blowing contest of Tomboy Sawyer event; Tom Sawyer Days, Hannibal Missouri

Girl practices her bubbles @ gum-blowing contest of Tomboy Sawyer event; Tom Sawyer Days, Hannibal Missouri

Girl dressed in Tom-Sawyer style fires slingshot at Tomboy Sawyer event; Tom Sawyer Days, Hannibal Missouri

Faye Walterscheid, winner of Tom & Becky Contest during 1984 Tom Sawyer Days; July, Hannibal. Missouri

Tom & Becky contestants, Tim Scott & Faye Walterscheid, on the tracks; Tom Sawyer Days/Hannibal Missouri

Tom & Becky contestants on bank of Mississippi as Mark Twain boat passes; Tom Sawyer Days/Hannibal Missouri

Girls competing for honors in Tom & Becky Contest brighten scene at Tom Sawyer Days in Hannibal. Missouri

Girl competing for honors in Tom & Becky Contest brightens scene @ Tom Sawyer Days; July/Hannibal Missouri

Tom & Becky contestants in main square with Twain look-alike Dale Janssen;Tom Sawyer Days/Hannibal Missouri

Dale Janssen, Twain look- alike, talks to boys in Tom & Becky Contest;Tom Sawyer Days/Hannibal Missouri

Boy practices shooting his slingshot during Tom Sawyer Days fest over July 4th weekend; Hannibal. Missouri

Looking like band of Hucks & Toms, marching band brass parades during Tom Sawyer Days; Hannibal Missouri

Two women dip in swimming hole @ Union Covered Bridge near Twain birthplace; Salt River, Paris. Missouri

Muddy team bathes in river after game; Mississippi Mud Volleyball Tourney/Tom Sawyer Days;Hannibal Missouri

Mississippi River, bridge & town at sunrise viewed from Illinois side in late March; Hannibal. Missouri

Mississippi River, grain elevator & town as seen from Illinois at sunrise; late March, Hannibal Missouri

Rockcliffe Mansion, built 1900 by lumber baron John Cruikshank for his family; April, Hannibal. Missouri

Garth Woodside Mansion, 1871, Margaret 'Unsinkable Molly' Brown's birthplace; Hannibal. Missouri

Henry Sweets, curator of Mark Twain Museum, takes inventory in Twain's boyhood home; Hannibal. Missouri