Woman with Hannibal ties played a pivotal role in D.C.
At right: Florence Calvert Thorne, Leavenworth (Kansas) Times, Sept. 22, 1919. Newspapers.com MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In 1918, Florence...
Popular H&St.Jo conductor had friends across the state
This house at 800 Broadway, photographed by Charles Doty, shows the residence of Thomas and Fannie Gee, beginning around 1900 and...
Hannibal jewelers expanded into Quincy, installed landmark clock
This is the former Wells building, on the southwest corner of Fifth and Broadway in downtown Quincy, Ill. In this building from 1905 to...
Rise and fall of Robert Elliott’s financial world
This photo shows Mark Twain Produce at the northeast corner of Third and Church. The building originally housed the Elliott wholesale...
Crime committed in passion; Mo. governor issues pardon
This building served as Hannibal's courthouse in 1888, when Lincoln Cook was sentenced to serve a 25-year term in the Missouri...
Tiles transform wasteland into profitable farm land
This magazine clipping is reproduced from the Aug. 9, 1919 edition of Country Gentleman magazine. William A. Rinehart, as of that date,...
Goodnight lost his life to the currents of Bay Charles, when Bay Island was still and island
The rock dam that stops the flow of Charles Bay from direct entry into the Mississippi River has protected the prime farmland of the bay...
Fire! A big deal in fledging river town
This undated photo from Steve Chou’s historic photo collection shows horses pulling an engine and firefighters from the downtown fire...
Family perishes when flood water crashes debris into wooden bridge
This illustration, based upon a 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, shows the direction the Crosby family was traveling by horse and wagon...
Hannibal native remembered as ‘Utah’s Mr. Credit Union’
This is the cover of the book featuring the life and career of Karl S. Little. (Contributed by Del Anderson of Ogden, Utah) MARY LOU...