History Blog 

This picture postcard identifies the members of the Leitz family, circa 1920. Back row, Leola and Alberta Leitz; middle row, Katherine...

The Hannibal Creamery was located at 112 N. Fourth, Hannibal, Mo., during the early years of the 20th Century. Of the three men pictured,...

Bion Leland Waldron served as Hannibal’s weather observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1904 until circa 1930. He was born in 1867,...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY This undated photo from Steve Chou’s vast historic collection shows the Marsh house, located on the northeast corner...

Shown is the replacement of the sidewalk in front of Levering Hospital in 1967. Looking straight ahead are buildings that were once...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Edmond Jones and others are pictured in front of his grocery store, which was located at 315 Market Street, at the...

This photo of Gottleib Schanbacher’s saloon on Market Street was contributed by his great-grandson, Jim Schanbacher. Gottleib is standing...

The cover for the sheet music, “There’s a Service Flag Flying at our House,” is part of the Joe Morris Co., collection, Library of...

Fortune teller. The Spokane Press, Nov. 12, 1910, newspapers.com. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In 1901, there stood a small, square frame house on...

Julius A. DeLaPorte, left, and presumably Edward M. Porter, were in business together at 229 Market St., from circa 1907-1912. The two...