

Help ID photos of South Hannibal circa 1965-66; contact Mary Lou Montgomery montgomery.editor@yahoo.com
#31 Ed Billingsley's house on the river bluff. Identified by Donna Loy Brown. #20 #6 #7 #5 Louis L. Michael's house, 410 Cypress Street #2 #4 Guy W. Givan's house, 332 Cypress Street #3 at left, is the Walter H. Gregory house, 328 Cypress street; house to the right was the Marguerite F. Perkins house, 330 Cypress. #1


Electrical storm last straw for City Poor Farm’s keeper
This street sign, denoting the intersection of Spring Street and Recreation Drive, approximates a portion of the former location of the City Poor Farm. Nearby are the tennis courts in South Hannibal. They were built upon a segment of the land that once was the poor farm. Photo by Robert Spaun. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY An electrical storm passed through Hannibal on Aug. 15, 1904, and in its path, lightning shattered the chimney and damaged the roof of the keeper’s home, located on