Depression-era values sustained local business
David W. (Bill) Carenen operated at grocery store and meat counter at 611 Union Street, Hannibal, Mo, from the mid 1920s to the mid...
From the Courier-Post archives: 2011 interview with Harold Norman regarding full-service gas station
Norman's full-service gas station when it was located on South Main Street, Hannibal, Mo. MARY LOU MONTGOMERYINTERVIEW: 2011 Harold...
Siedler the cigar maker known as a jolly fellow
This photo, taken from the east side of South Main Street, circa 1903, reveals a thriving business district, despite the flood-swollen...
A.A. Masterson: A long career behind the bar
This photo shows finishing touches put into place on the Hannibal Trust Co., building, on the northeast corner of Third and Broadway,...
19-year-old New England bride made Hannibal home, circa 1860
In 1885, the Loomis & Snively Coal and Wood Yard encompassed an area along Bear Creek to the south, Collier Street to the north and Main...
Thurston Miles, born a slave, built a land legacy for his descendants
This photo illustration shows the area to the east of Fulton Avenue in 1899. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Surely, nobody ever told Thurston Miles...
Historic Hannibal house atop river bluff served as site for patent medicine production
The R.H. Hunstock Chemical Co., was once located on the third floor of this house, situated in Hannibal on a bluff located between Valley...
Robert Buchanan, and the platting of a South Side neighborhood
A street sign denoting Buchanan street on Hannibal’s South Side serves as a reminder of the man – Robert Buchanan – who subdivided the...