Vaudeville actor with Hannibal ties eye witness to famed ’06 SF murder
Lem Welch was pictured in the Oct. 7, 1906 edition of the San Francisco Call newspaper, as an eye witness to an historical bank robbery...
60 years, Turner family lived, worked along Market Street
Ras and Cleve Turner operated Turner Bro’s Grocery beginning at the end of the first decade of the 20th Century. The store was located at...
Tragedy follows Hannibal’s 1902 July 4th celebration
Illustration shows Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, trying to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings and wearing a gown...
Despite warning to ‘Stay in Mo.,’ gold seekers head to Colorado
Markings on this photo identify Daniel H. Ashmore, as the driver of this one horse carriage. In the late 1890s, before leaving Marion...
Meat packers adapt as new processing procedures evolve
Glenn (Woody) Ewing, left, and Max Sonis, right, pose behind the meat counter of the Sonis Meat Market, 623 Broadway, Hannibal, circa...
Toncray’s riverfront hotel early Hannibal landmark
This is an illustration showing trains and steamboats at Hannibal, Missouri. The illustration appears in The Great South-West, June 1874....
Miss Link: Venerable assistant to veteran Missouri lawmaker
What was once the back of the old W.Z. Link house, located in Link View addition, Oakwood, is now the front. The house now fronts Edgar...
E.T. Cameron, key keeper for the Mark Twain Cave
Seated in front of the entrance to the Mark Twain Cave at Hannibal is Evan T. Cameron, who owned the cave from 1923 until his death in...
View of Market Street in days of old, from boy’s perspective
Raymond Witt of Hannibal, Mo., reflects upon the 1940s and 1950s, when lived with his mother, Roma, above Hedges appliance store, across...
Local druggist’s bright future dimmed by alcohol addiction
Standing today at 1412 Market Street, Hannibal, Mo., is the building where Fred A. Waelder conducted a drug and toiletries business for...