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This photo of the Fall Creek, Ill., depot was taken looking south so the line diverging to the right was the extension over to East...

Hannibal citizens worked together to compile a video of the dedication ceremonies for the original Mark Twain Memorial Bridge. At the end...

Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad covered bridge near 1925 Market Street over Bear Creek. Taken 1903 by Anna Schnitzlein. Archie Hayden has...

Elwena Barrett Carr, president of the Class of 1939, Eugene Field Junior High School, is pictured in this 1939 photo of the girls'...

By DANNY HENLEY Posted Hannibal.net Aug. 18, 2009 Hannibal, MO A photo of four men in uniform, a small pin with four blue stars and two...

Hannibal received a record-breaking snowfall for April on Easter weekend, April 3-4, 1920. It snowed for 27 hours straight, from 2 p.m....

At right: David Carnenen visits with cousins who gathered for a reunion in Hannibal during August 2010. Published in the Hannibal...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY As is true with the best of school educators, Miss Frankie Connell was astutely aware of the comings and goings of...

Marion County’s rural teachers are shown in this 1912-13 photo published in the 1913 Marion County Atlas. Front row, left, is Miss...

Louis Bright of Hannibal, right, is pictured in uniform with his two brothers, Ora Hart, left, and Wallace Dixon, center. Ora served in...