

Bassen Bro's, early shoe proprietors
Advertisement reprinted from the Marion County Herald, May 27, 1887. newspapers.com. For information regarding these early Hannibal shoe...


From apprentice bootmaker to real estate broker, Joseph Bassen found success in Hannibal, Missouri
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Three German-born boys, each venturing to American on their own, stepped off the SS Koln at Baltimore, Md., on June...