Hannibal history: Attorney Harry Carstarphen recalls area murder trial of Alexander Jester
Originally published in the Hannibal Courier-Post Feb. 23, 1980 By Mary Lou Montgomery LOCAL LEGACIES Harry Carstarphen, a local...
Hannibal history: Market Street in Hannibal was busy shopping district in 1885
Reprinted from the Hannibal Courier-Post Originally published Saturday, Dec. 15, 1979 LOCAL LEGACIES By Mary Lou Montgomery Changes in...
Steam press made debut in Sioux City, Iowa 1873
Here's a fun clipping that my fellow history buffs, Ken and Lisa Marks of Hannibal, should appreciate. They hosted Hannibal's first Big...
Hannibal history: Accident on Fourth Street in 1849
Here's an oldie but goodie: (Hannibal) Missouri Courier, Sept. 13, 1849 Yesterday afternoon, whilst several carpenters were engaged in...
Hannibal history: Dr Duponco’s Golden Periodical Pills 1859
Hannibal Daily Messenger, April 29, 1859 Note: I spend so much time poking around on historic newspaper sites that I find the most...
Hannibal history: 1854 Lecture Willardian theory of Respiration
(Hannibal) Missouri Courier Nov. 16, 1854 Dr. B.H. Washington will present this evening some valuable practical deductions from the...
Old Man With Cane, Art by Jeff Niffen
A free man of color - While his wife was still a slave, John Dickson died a free man Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Thursday, November 28,...
Historic vocabulary: Manumit
Manumit: To release from slavery www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manumit Slavery in Missouri, 1804-1865, page 90s...
Hannibal history: 49ers return to Hannibal: 1851
Information from the Western Union newspaper, June 5, 1851 Hannibal, Mo., with its key location on the Mississippi River, was a crossing...
Local Legacies: Rare octagonal house torn down near Hannibal, Mo.
Mary Lou Montgomery From the Hannibal Courier-Post archives Published May 24, 1980 Octagonal houses, designed to save steps, made the...