History Blog 

This is an illustration titled “Brittingham Park,” shows the location of the Hannibal Fair Grounds in 1878. The road marked “Gravel Road”...

This headline described the fire at Oakwood, Mo., on Nov. 14, 1901. The image, published in the Hannibal Morning Journal, is from Steve...

This Frazer photo of the 1919 funeral of Francis Flood at the First Christian Church on Broadway in Hannibal, Mo., shows, in the...

The Howell monument in Mount Olivet Cemetery represents the lives of Dr. John S. Howell, a long-time Hannibal physician, his wife...

The George Wilson Ham family is pictured together in 1903. From left, Merle and Ida Ham with their son, Lawrence; Roy and Lena Ham with...

Pictured are, from left, three Hannibal brides, pictured near the end of the 19th Century: Lewellen Scott, who wed W.H. Whaley in 1886;...

Constructed circa 1895, this Queen Anne style house at 419 Bird Street, Hannibal, Mo., was home to the W.T. Perkins family. Daughter...

This boarding house, located at 517-519 Broadway in Hannibal, Mo., is attributed to the Hannibal Arts Council’s historic photo...

Jimmy Spencer, the official Huck Finn for the Huck Finn Shopping Center, is pictured in front of a sign promoting the planned shopping...

This photo of the Sonnenberg department store, following its remodel combining three store fronts to one in the mid 1920s, is from the...