A glimpse at the peak month of the 1918 Spanish Influenza
Levering Hospital, which opened in 1903, was instrumental in the treatment of influenza patients in 1918. Photo: Steve Chou collection....
Historic house on roadway’s curve contained generational memories
Dr. F.W. Bush, at right, is seated near the house where he grew up as a boy, and raised his children as an adult. The house was located...
1918: Spanish influenza claims life of Miami, Okla., businessman
Addison T. King, 1903, a member of the junior class. Central College yearbook, Fayette, Mo. Ancestry.com MARY LOU MONTGOMERY While...
Hannibal artist made a name for herself in New York City
From the Vogue Magazine free online archives, cover illustrations by Alice De Warenne Little, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo. From left,...
Rev. Little’s family witnessed Hannibal’s history in progress
Rev. E. Porter Little, as pictured in the “Mirror of Hannibal,” by Thomas H. Bacon, and reprinted by J. Hurley and Roberta Hagood in...
Review: "The Notorious Madam Shaw"
Dorcas Hampton. Written by Jan Thomas, Tulsa Oklahoma I was impressed with the overall historical nature of the book. It’s amazing to...
1907 prank, plotted in HHS boys’ bathroom, backfired
Walter B. Weisenburger played football (and pranks) at Hannibal High School, graduating in 1908. He served as executive vice president of...
Principal suspends boys for school-day pranks
A brand-new Hannibal High School building was first populated in 1905. The building, located at Eleventh and Broadway in Hannibal,...
Charles H Bower Sr.: A ‘traveling man’ and a poet
Archie Hayden graciously shares this 1930 photo from his collection, of children in the ‘swimming hole’ in Bear Creek, near the old...
Extended Glascock family gathered in Marion County, Mo., August 1911
"The Glascocks of Marion County, Mo.," was compiled and published by Mary Lou Spaun Montgomery and Robert Robinson Spaun in 1992. They...