

Ruth Roland among Turner School's favored former teachers
Photo of Ruth Roland from a 1927 Turner School scrapbook, now in the possession of Sue Hart of Hannibal. Ruth Roland Bryan taught first...


Meet former Hannibal area nurseryman
Meet Simon F. Taft, who operated the North Missouri Nursery near Hannibal in in 1874. The Sept. 30, 1874 edition of the Hannibal Daily...


Friends reflect on their participation in Hannibal's 1st Band Day parade
At left is Rita Green Cornelius. At right is Nancy Richmond DeLaPorte. They were in the first band day parade when they were students at...


Romance among the log rafts during lumber harvesting days
It is possible that Gerald Tutor’s grandparents, Amelia Loretta Valashek and George Calius Martell, are included in this photo aboard the...
2013: Daniel Quarles' descendant retraces former slave's steps: 'I wonder what stories t
Author: Mary Lou Montgomery Originally published in the Hannibal Courier-Post Sept. 21, 2013 Black soil, sifting through his fingertips,...


YMCA photo gallery
Check back often as this photo gallery grows. This picture shows girls preparing to leave YMCA girls summer camp in 1963. This photo from...


Christmas card photos bring back memories of days gone by
Del Anderson of Ogden, Utah, has only been to Hannibal once, yet he has a vast collection of memories, photos and newspaper clippings...


Junior lifesaving prerequisite: Swimming the width of the Mississippi River
Del Anderson of Ogden, Utah, shared this photo of his mother, Kathryn Little, when she was 12 years old. As an active member of the...


1975: With only the streets to run in, Coach O.E. Estill built winners
OE Estill July 21, 1975 Sandy Luiperspeck Courier-Post Women’s Editor When O.E. Estill began his teaching career in 1927 at Douglass...


Historic West Ely Road house reflective of the region’s past
Cutline: John and Mary Waite are the owners of a Civil War era house encircled by the Pioneer Village subdivision. MARY LOU...