History Blog 

Ron Leake, president of the Ralls County Historical Society, operates the scanner recently donated by Continental Cement Co. He is...

More than 30 years ago, three members of the Hannibal arts community invited Michael Gaines to apply for the vacant position of director...

This photo of Enoch L. Hall is posted upon his Find A Grave site. He lived at 2512 St. Mary's in the 1920s, when the house's address was...

Jacqua Brown, left, a native of Hannibal, and Whitney Scott are hosting a podcast called “Generational Conversations.” The podcast is...

The preaching Holland twins and their parents are pictured above. From left, Rev. Paul Holland, pastor at Willard and Pleasant Hope, Mo.;...

Donna Brown teaches high school equivalency courses (now known as HiSet) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in a customized classroom...

Looking up Fourth Street from Mark Twain Avenue (previously known as Palmyra Avenue) in May/June 1955. At left is Norman’s Conoco service...

Little Oscar (believed to be Meinhardt Raabe) poses with Jay Draudt, right, in 1963 or 1964. Little Oscar came to Hannibal with the Oscar...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Melissa Breeding retired from BASF in 2016, she knew she wanted to pursue a hobby. “I decided I had to have...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Hallie Yundt Silver has been an observer of Hannibal’s reading trends since she joined the Hannibal Free Public...