Business site for many years
Rhonda Brown Hall told me that this building in the 200 block of Lyon Street, Hannibal, once served as the office for Brown's Transfer...
1931: Former slave buried at Macon
Macon Chronicle Herald, Aug. 26, 1936, newspapers.com Following funeral services at Hannibal this afternoon, the body of Mrs. Charity...
Rev. Mason: Hannibal needs evangelism
Among quotes collected from famed evangelist Lena Mason, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo. In 1894 Rev. Lena Mason, the colored evangelist,...
Rev. Mason offers sage advice to parents
On Sept. 25, 1896, Lena Mason of Hannibal offered these sage words to parents, as published in the Denver Post, accessed via...
Born of a war over slavery, Lena Mason rises to evangelistic status
Cutline: This sketch of Mrs. Lena Mason was published in the Denver Post on Sept. 25, 1896. Reprinted with permission. Thanks to Rhonda...
Sidewalk signifies path to old Masonic Home
I stopped by Poage Chevrolet Buick today to talk about the old Masonic Home that once occupied the site when the dealership is now...
Harmonica is Clark's constant companion 'Like a friend. Like an old pick up truck'
May 29, 2014 Author: Mary Lou Montgomery "If I only had one song to play, it would be Amazing Grace." That's the song that lives inside...
Stanley Clark and Soulful music
Stanley Clark of Hannibal, Mo., performs a rousing rendition of a harmonic solo during the 162nd anniversary celebration at the Eighth...
1972: Phillip Brown and son, moving a bank safe down Broadway
Rhonda Hall described to me the day, back in the summer of 1972, when her father's company, Phillip Brown and Son, got the job to move...
Read the story from the HCP archives: Hannibal legacy continues, Brown Moving Company
J.T. Brown is proud that he has been able to keep the legacy started by his grandfather, and continued by his father, alive and thriving....