Artist spent his formative years along Hannibal’s St. Mary’s Ave.
Link to Velie’s art: The Saturday Evening Post has a web site dedicated to the artists who created their covers:...
St. Mary’s Avenue: ‘metaled boulevard’
This 1949 photo shows the Adams market at 2923 St. Mary’s Avenue. At the right is the former home of J.B. and Catherine Shaw, long-time...
Cecelia Schoknecht an expert stenographer and typewriter
Cecelia Schoknecht was pictured in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on March 28, 1896. The Hannibal native was recognized for her expertise in...
Boyle Muehring followed a remote path to the U.S.
It is presumed that this is the house built for Boyle Franken Muehring pre-1900 on his Ralls County farm, located south of Oakwood. Mary...
Neighbors in life and death
This photo was found in a 1950s-era book produced by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. It was promoting undeveloped...
Nickens’ actions offer a glimpse into secret side of the community
At the time of Emma Hub’s death, Billy Nickens and his long-time wife Rebecca, lived at 122 Glasscock, a half block to the south of the...
‘The Missouri Excitement’ of 1836; slavery issues worth fighting over
Little Union Cemetery is eight miles west of Palmyra on Route 168. Buried there are two men who were key participants in what became...
Boy Scout’s work gives renewal to historic Marion City marker
Braden Erwin, a senior at Palmyra High School, poses with the newly remounted granite stone that marks the former location of Marion...
Lost in debris of bridge collapse: A jewelry trunk valued at $15,000
This photo represents the northern side of now abandoned Minnow Branch bridge. It is located to the south of Market Street, near Bowen...
Pre-Civil War era rail conductor crushed between cars on siding
This is a small sketch map showing drainage and the major cities and towns in the Midwest. It includes railroad stations along a heavy...