History Blog 

This photo, taken circa 1910, shows the streetcar barn of the old Hannibal Electric Railway, on Market Street. The building, which has...

Reprinted from the Jan. 11, 2014 edition of the Hannibal Courier-Post Mary Margaret Smith had the good fortune to be able to revisit the...

David Kraft is pictured while a pitcher for the Hannibal Cannibal baseball team, circa 1909. Photo posted on Ancestry.com’s public files...

This 1967 photo of East Bird Street, taken by Bill Partee, shows 111 Bird Street at far left. The building to its left is still standing....

This undated newspaper clipping shows the old Stockyards Hotel, which served southwestern cattlemen in the 1870s, 1880s and beyond. Stock...

Dr. and Mrs. Henry L. Banks lived at 207 (later 208) South Fifth Street from circa 1911 until Mrs. Banks’ death in 1950. Dr. Banks had...

Norman's full-service gas station when it was located on South Main Street, Hannibal, Mo. MARY LOU MONTGOMERYINTERVIEW: 2011 Harold...

Felice Lyne and Oscar Hammerstein, The Sheboygan Press illustration, Wisconsin, Nov. 18, 1912. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY There was a rumor...

This advertisement appeared in the “The Colored Directory 1929.” Accessed via the Hannibal Free Public Library. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Fred...

Adah Honeyman Quealy’s first husband, John J.A. Quealy, died at the age of 30 in 1875, and is buried at Holy Family Cemetery. PHOTO/MARY...