History Blog 

Eddie Bogue, who spent 37 years in law enforcement, first at Hannibal, then Palmyra, retired in 2024. He is now working for...

Nearly complete, on the southwest corner of Bird and Fifth in Hannibal, is a ‘Steamboat Carpenter Gothic Revival’ house, constructed...

My dear friend, Mary Huetter, gifted her childhood doll house to my grandchildren. It has been a source of entertainment and joy for...

The American Legion Hall will once again host the annual Gala Madi Gras, a fund-raising event to raise both money for, and awareness of,...

Nettie Bishop (1857-1929) of Hannibal played a cousin to Sir Joseph Porter in a local production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S....

Hannah Bogue-Baker, left, a Hannibal native, will cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs at the Super Bowl on Sunday, in New Orleans. She is...

The Hopkins sisters, at left, Emma Louise Hopkins Cartlidge, and at right, Frances M. Hopkins Flinn. Portraits by the Deane Brothers,...

Carrie Griffen, front row, center, poses with music teachers who are giving lessons at The Hannibal Music Academy and Performance Hall....

In August 2015, Mark Kempker, at right, stopped by for a visit with 93-year-old Joe Ferrell, a Hannibal firefighter circa 1940. The two...

The illustration, based on the 1869 Bird’s Eye View of Hannibal, shows the location of the original First Congregational Church...