Hannibal Journalist John B. Powell paid a high price for outspoken views against communism
​ MARY LOU MONTGOMERY A man of unparalleled conviction, John B. Powell rests eternally in Hannibal’s Riverside Cemetery, his once...
Robert Curts: Early Hannibal mortician
Robert A. Curts, undertaker and embalmer, stands in front of his business at 327 Broadway, Hannibal, Mo., circa 1903. Curts, son of...
Evans Fritz: A funeral pioneer in Hannibal
​ Evans Fritz was first funeral home owner in the long lineage of the current Smith Funeral Home & Chapel in Hannibal. This picture is...
Former Courier-Post sports editor counts "Talkin'Dan Gable" as part of his portfolio
​ Steve Holland of Iowa City, Iowa, started his career as a sports writer for the Hannibal Courier-Post during the early 1970s. Eight...
1952: Rhino retires, with Courier-Post 46 years
​ June 26, 1952 Delmer W. Rhino, 828 Bird Street, a printer for 60 years, with 46 years' service in the composing room of the...
Donna Toalson: A real tomboy
​ Donna Toalson shimmies up a porch post while her uncle, Kenneth Brooks, waits on the roof. This photo was published in Look Magazine on...
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...