History Blog 

This building on the southwest corner of Sixth and Broadway served as home to J.D. Bacon retail grocer in 1875. Two years later, M.E....

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

Cutline: Archie Hayden of Hannibal shared this photo of the stone wall constructed along the bank of the Mississippi River between the...

John McGuire, a native of Ireland, was a resident of Quincy for nearly a half century until his death in May 1900. McGuire helped...

Here's a clipping of interest I discovered during the research this morning. Fatal railroad accident SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GLOBE...

Read about the first cross-state rails of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, circa 1857, as described in the Chillicothe...

Cream Ridge, a long ago abandoned settlement about eight miles north of Chillicothe, Missouri, provided the setting for the ceremonial...

Pictured on the deck on the Mark Twain Riverboat following their marriage on June 20, 2015, are my son and daughter in law, Brian and...

I can't resist posting this video of a northbound BNSF coal train, passing through Hannibal on Friday morning, June 19, 2015. I live...