History Blog 

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...

Raymond Witt of Hannibal, Mo., reflects upon the 1940s and 1950s, when lived with his mother, Roma, above Hedges appliance store, across...

Standing today at 1412 Market Street, Hannibal, Mo., is the building where Fred A. Waelder conducted a drug and toiletries business for...

The Marion House was located at 160-162 (later renumbered 1500-1502) Market Street, from the late 1850s until its demolition, calculated...

Capt. William Robbins. Photo from Kevin K. Mittge's collection. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY This is an excerpt from "The Notorious Madam Shaw,"...

Ella Tepper Garland Bradshaw was pictured along with other Hannibal police officers in the Hannibal Courier-Post at the beginning of...

This photo of the 1200 block of Market Street was taken by Charles Doty in 1962. Just behind the Westinghouse sign is Schanbacher’s Meat...

This picture postcard identifies the members of the Leitz family, circa 1920. Back row, Leola and Alberta Leitz; middle row, Katherine...

The Hannibal Creamery was located at 112 N. Fourth, Hannibal, Mo., during the early years of the 20th Century. Of the three men pictured,...

Bion Leland Waldron served as Hannibal’s weather observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1904 until circa 1930. He was born in 1867,...