In 1853 Clemons left Hannibal and he staye

d shortly in many large cities. He stayed in St. Louis, New York City, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. In 1857 Clemons had planned a trip to South America and in April of that year Clemons was walking up the Mississippi River when he bumped into Horace Bixby. Instead of traveling to South America he would stay and take lessons from Horace to become a steamboat pilot. By April 1859 Samuel Clemons was a licensed riverboat pilot.

The profession of riverboat piloting paid well and brought much attention to Clemons. He loved his job. His piloting experiences also allowed him to observe the many kinds of people that traveled onboard the riverboat. And it also got him his pen name Mark Twain. Mark Twain is the measurement between the bottom the steamboat and the river

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