Best Bet: Mark Twain in Cape Girardeau

Editor's note: The following has been edited to reflect the correct date of the event. Randy Barnhouse will present a talk on Mark Twain at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3 at the Cape River Heritage Museum. The presentation will shed light on the connection between two Missouri river towns -- Twain's hometown of Hannibal and Cape Girardeau. Twain, author and humorist, traveled up and down the Mississippi River in the heyday of steamboating. Barnhouse, who has spent years searching for historical artifacts under water and on land, recently has focused on sites connected with Twain's life.