Lavoo brothers unlucky on the rails
At left, Christopher Columbus Lavoo, a Hannibal native, conductor for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, who was reportedly murdered aboard a...
A cow, an idea, and investor cash: The start of Bluff City Dairy
City Dairy was located in the building at left, and across the street, to the right, is the former Kempker upholstery shop. Photo by Mary...
Pictures help capture essence of the 600 block of Broadway
This photo, from the Steve Chou collection, shows a glimpse of Hannibal and its people circa 1875. Totally unrecognizable today, the...
Cut marble and carved granite a reminder of life after death
The Rev. Dr. Denis Kennedy is at rest at Hannibal’s Holy Family Cemetery, beneath a stone made by Alexander Chipley’s Hannibal Marble...
In 1851, traveling from Milwaukee all the way to Buffalo, N.Y., in just 44 hours
Railroads in Michigan, with steamboat routes on the Great Lakes. Drawn and engraved for Doggett's railroad guide & gazetteer. Published...
Triplets, a rarity in 1888, born to Hannibal couple
Triplets were featured in the Jan. 26, 1890 edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer. The newspaper sought out triplets from that era born in...
Future looked bright for Reichmann family until …
Dr. Philip J. Reichmann and Mary Katherine Hefel were married on April 20, 1904. Mrs. Reichmann died in December 1915, at the age of 35....
Comedy: ’My Aunt’s Heiress’ draws audience raves in 1877
Eliza Drane participated in a comedy at Covent Hall, St. Joseph’s Academy, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 1877. When she was 23, she married J....
Neva Howard Griffen shares courtship story
Neva Howard Griffen poses in the wedding gown made by her mother, Maggie Boyd Howard, in 1916. Shared by Lynne McGee Tutor. MARY LOU...
Child’s grave a reminder of family’s Civil War presence
A small tombstone among the oaks and pines at Hannibal’s Mount Olivet Cemetery carves out the details of a life cut too short, on the...