Pool dedicated to55-year employee, Ronny Ferrell
Andy Dorian of the Hannibal Parks and Recreation Department, left, speaks to those gathered for the dedication of the Ronny Ferrell...
Population growth prompts construction of new school
Mark Twain School is pictured during construction, in December 1911. The Hannibal Courier-Post, in its December 15, 1911 edition,...
Willow Street’s minister grew up in the church
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The Rev. Ann Facen first identified Angela Robinson, a youth at Hannibal’s Willow Street Christian Church, as having...
Ilasco memorial continues to pay homage to the past
Ilasco, Mo. began in the early 1900s as a company town for the Atlas Portland Cement Company, which later became Continental Cement...
Museum board taps Rapp as new director
Megan Rapp began her new job as executive director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum on May 1. Contributed photo. MARY LOU...
Hancock brothers notable clergy in church’s history
The Second Christian Church, located at 1616 West Broadway, Hannibal, Mo., on Aug. 11, 1933. Herring Studio photo; J. Allen Ballard,...
Cruikshank descendants feel ‘at home’ in Hannibal
Descendants of Gladys Cruikshank Warren gathered together last weekend at Rockcliffe Mansion for a reunion in Hannibal. Gladys was the...
W.J.A. Meyer’s keen insight contributed to town’s betterment
In February, 1983, Esley Hamilton wrote a Status Report for a project known as “Identification and Protection of Historic Resources.” In...
Cruikshank descendants are 'coming home' to see mansion
Gladys Cruikshank Warren is pictured with her three sons on Feb. 6, 1940, in St. Paul, Minn. The sons are, from left, Roger, John and...
Out of hills, valleys, Eure Place develops
Early image of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. As of 1924, The Sisters of St. Francis, a corporation of Maryville, Mo., owned lots 50-57 in the...