With each death, a town loses a bit of its culture
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY “The Pirate 1924.” A yearbook: A compilation of names and faces, accompanied by hand-written notes and newspaper...
The Landau legacy on Market Street
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Adolph and Jacob Landau first arrived in Hannibal, they settled in at the Marion House, 162 Market Street, for...
Historic Hannibal house atop river bluff served as site for patent medicine production
The R.H. Hunstock Chemical Co., was once located on the third floor of this house, situated in Hannibal on a bluff located between Valley...
Young man of color named Johnson struck it big in the Klondike; Saved kindly Hannibal tailor from fo
This illustration was published in the July 23, 1897, edition of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The nation was abuzz in...
Emilie Treat: Tenth Judicial Circuit’s first female court reporter
Illustration of Mrs. Emilie Treat, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Dec. 12, 1909. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY A review of Emilie Miller’s formative...
Miss Sadie’s call: To care for others
St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., nursing class graduating in November 1907. CONTRIBUTED CLIFTON WITHERS JR. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY For...
Memorial marker represents Korean war pilot's return 'home'
NOTE: This story was first published in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Dec. 11, 2013. This spring, Richard Treat's family placed an...
In 1922, F. Quattrocchi & Sons added refrigeration unit to their Hannibal produce warehouse
The F. Quattrocchi and Son produce warehouse, located at the foot of Church Street in Hannibal, Mo., in 1913. Photo contributed by Anne...
Hannibal played key role in state’s WCTU’s growth
Baby Parade during a fall festival circa 1900, showing South Fifth Street with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union tabernacle in the...
Dan Landau remembered as doctor to the babies
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY www.maryloumontgomery.com Pictured are members of the Crimson basketball team representing Hannibal High School in...