Setting+Location

Tom Sawyer, the main character, lives in a little town in Missouri. Most children walk around barefoot except during church. The setting of this book is set in the 1800's. Boys and girls went to school then but girls where pulled out of school earlier than boys. For example, they would go to grade school, but none went to high school or college. The reason for this was girls never got to be scientists, authors, or teachers like boys. Women were usually stay-at-home-moms. Anyways, the schools were one room school houses. Back then electricity wasn't even invented yet so no one had any. Cars were very rare and only the __really__ wealthy people had them so pretty much everyone walked to school or rode in a carriage. spelling edited by Jackson H. Tom's town is located next to a lake in which tom enjoys swimming in. There is a town square located in the middle of town and a school building located somewhere near there. At the edge of town there is a graveyard where there was a murder that was witnessed by tom. Another part in the book is where Tom and his friends set up camp. That is where they run away.
 * Hannibal ****, **** Missouri **
 * Tom's town **

** Mississippi River** This is a picture of the Mississippi River which is the longest river in America. It is also a historical landmark of our country! the Mississippi river is over 335 miles long with a width of 170 miles. ~ Jackson H.  ** Cave** ** Exploration- For Becky's picnic, all the children decide to explore Mcdougal's cave. It is a huge cave, with many caverns. The children begin a game of hide-and-seek. Tom and Becky wander off from the others and get lost. They spend about two days in there with their only food being their "wedding cake". After Becky becomes too depressed and sits down to die, Tom uses kite string to find their way out. Before they leave though, Tom finds out that Injun Joe is in there too. In the end, Judge Thatcher locks up the cave and Injun Joe dies before Tom remembers to tell everyone he's in there. ** ** Although the site of Hannibal was previously occupied by early settlers and Native American tribes, the city of Hannibal was founded by Moses Bates in 1819.[|[3]] Although the city initially grew slowly to a population of only 30 by 1830, access to Mississippi river and railroad transportation fueled growth to 2,020 by 1850. Hannibal had gained "city" status by 1845[|[4]] The city served as a bustling regional marketing center for livestock and grain as well as other products produced locally, such as cement and shoes, throughout the remainder of the 19th century and on to the present time.[|[5]]** -Victoria**
 * -Charlotte H.
 * Hannibal is a city in** [|**Marion**] **and** [|**Ralls**] **counties in the** [|**U.S. state**] **of** [|**Missouri**]**. Hannibal is located at the intersection of U.S. Routes** [|**36**] **and** [|**61**]**, approximately 110 miles north of** [|**St. Louis**]**. The population was 17,757 at the** [|**2000 census**]**. The Hannibal** [|**Micropolitan Statistical Area**] **is composed of Marion and Ralls Counties.
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Then Tom, Huck, and Joe decide to become pirates and go to Jackson ’s Island and camp out. They even stole a tobacco leave, ham, bacon and some other things. So now they are officially real pirates.
 * Pirates: Tom Sawyer and the other boys of the small town of **** Missouri **** favorite game to play with the other boys in the town is pirates. It is when they dress up as a pirate and have a crew of other boys that play with them!! Also Tom wants to become a pirate when he grows up. ** -Carrie W.
 * -Jackson H.

But in the begining of being pirates they swore they weren't going to steal anything-carriew ** ** Steamboats ** Tom, Huck, and Joe run away and ride over to Jackson Island, where they camp for the night. The next day they awake to the loud crackling noise of the ferry. In those days the steam boats where for the very well to do and were normally used for parties. So while the boys that were supposedly pirates saw the steam boats and all the rafts around it they were baffled. Then Huck remembered last year when Bill tuner drowned. They shot a cannon over the water, and that makes him come up to the top. They still didn't know who had drowned until Tom figured that the people thought they had drowned when they randomly disappeared. Most days they went swimming so everyone thought they had drownded! That is why the steam boat was there. In 1769, the Scotsman [|James Watt] patented an improved version of the steam engine that ushered in the [|Industrial Revolution]. The idea of using steam power to propel boats occurred to inventors soon after the potential of Watt's new engine became known.- Lauren S. -Jackson H. This is a picture of a steam boat -by Jackson H.

** Superstitions ** Tom believes in silly superstitions that will give him good luck or even curse him forever. Other superstitions inquire dead cats can be used to clean warts,throwing one marble after another can find that marble, and that if you stick your wart in a tree stump your warts will be cured. It also has a graveyard that has murders and everything. period added by Austin - Allyson K.