Contractor by trade, Wm. V. Evans took a turn at teaching penmanship
William V. Evans, photo originally submitted to ancestry.com by Stephen Evans in May 2013. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Long before there was...
Rough and tumble Hannibal boy transforms into a national hero
Lieut. Andrew M. Ramsey, as published in the Cincinnati Post Dec. 12, 1917. Newspapers.com. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In January 1923, Lieut....
Night-blooming flower draws attention during river voyage
A night-blooming cereus in full bloom. Wikipedia. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Bettie (Williams Doxey) Whisler boarded one of the two Quincy,...
Main St., flames spark fire department’s birth
Shown above is one of Hannibal’s early fire fighting crews, circa 1877-79. They are, front row, left to right, Oliver Beach, J.C....
Annie Hall Gosnell’s legacy lingers on Lindell, Market
Pete Hall, at left, stands with his young daughter, Geraldine Hall, circa 1908. The man in the doorway is William Hall, and the man in...
Long-time Market St. butcher became bank president in 1890
This undated sketch of the American Trust Company bank at 135 Market Street is taken from a matchbook cover in Steve Chou’s collection....
Vaudeville actor with Hannibal ties eye witness to famed ’06 SF murder
Lem Welch was pictured in the Oct. 7, 1906 edition of the San Francisco Call newspaper, as an eye witness to an historical bank robbery...
60 years, Turner family lived, worked along Market Street
Ras and Cleve Turner operated Turner Bro’s Grocery beginning at the end of the first decade of the 20th Century. The store was located at...
Tragedy follows Hannibal’s 1902 July 4th celebration
Illustration shows Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, trying to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings and wearing a gown...
Despite warning to ‘Stay in Mo.,’ gold seekers head to Colorado
Markings on this photo identify Daniel H. Ashmore, as the driver of this one horse carriage. In the late 1890s, before leaving Marion...