In 1895 Stawell hosted a literary legend

By Stawell Historical Society
Updated May 30 2019 - 7:48pm, first published May 29 2019 - 1:04pm
CELEBRITY SPOTTING: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain as he was better known, visited Stawell in 1895 and many paid four shillings to hear him speak.
CELEBRITY SPOTTING: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or Mark Twain as he was better known, visited Stawell in 1895 and many paid four shillings to hear him speak.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835.

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