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Mike McDade of Portland, Ore., shares this Washington Post video of the restored Norfolk and Western No. 611 steam locomotive now in...

A disastrous collision – nine lives lost The Times, Philadelphia, Pa. April 18, 1875, newspapers.com St. Louis. April 17. The tow-boat...

According to this 1885 Sanborn Map, the Hannibal and St. Joeseph Railroad tracks were to the north of the Ketterling Hotel on South Main...

Flooding river photo This photo shows the 100 block of Third Street, South Side, facing north, circa 1903. At the north of the photo is...

In order to explain the first use of telegraph machines and how their use chaned society, I borrow the following paragraph from Shaun...

The industry that evolved around ice harvesting and storage in Hannibal is indicative of the era before refrigeration. Ice harvesting...

Note: My friend and journalistic colleague of nearly 30 years, wrote this story about my brother's model railroad hobby in December 2010....

This is the western end of the Wabash Railroad tunnel at Hannibal, which was completed in August 1871. Hannibal Bridges the Mississippi,...

Hannibal Clipper, Nov. 26, 1875 Mr. John H. Hill has just received a telegram notifying him of the death of D.G. Farwell, Esq., conductor...

Becker Spaun believes he is the little boy on the step of this old steam engine, and that is his mother standing nearby. He thinks this...