Hannibal businessman sacrificed farm, home for the Union cause
Kay Ellis of Hannibal shared this photo of Martha Crawford Riley’s grave at Crawford Cemetery, rural Ralls County, Mo. Martha was married...
Marriage that wasn’t: Bride abandoned on wedding day
Edna Bridgford, as pictured in the April 23, 1903 edition of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. newspapers.com MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The wooden...
Civil War years take a toll on Hannibal-based family
Two now-demolished houses in the 100 block of South Maple Avenue in Hannibal, Mo., are pictured in the background during a construction...
Murphy’s memorable scoring streak set basketball record
The McCooey High School’s Shamrock Cagers are pictured at the beginning of the 1961-62 season. Front row, from left, John O’Donnell, John...
With the growth of auto sales, a support industry evolved: Scyoc Battery, Electric Co.
Scyoc Tire and Battery, pictured by Otis Howell of the Hannibal Courier-Post in January 1950, located on the corner of Broadway and...
Scyoc (Melpontian) Hall played important role in Hannibal’s past
David R. Scyoc operated Farmers’ Custom Mill and the D.R. Scyoc grocery store in this building located at 200-206 North Third Street,...
A drive to Oklahoma in 1927, without a single tire puncture
The McClelland-Gentry Motor Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., offered this Chrysler touring car for sale via an advertisement in the Jan. 4,...
Death claims life of city clerk during 1929 Hannibal city council meet
The interior of the Wilhelm and Strode grocery store, 1300 Market St., is shown circa 1914. Steve Chou collection. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY...
Julia M. Bennett led way for women in journalism
Mrs. Julia M. Bennett, St. Louis Globe Democrat, 1915. Contributed by Mitchell E. Bennett. Archie Hayden shares this image of the M.K. &...
W.Va. native managed town’s 1st street railway
A horse-drawn streetcar is shown at the junction of Broadway and Market streets, Hannibal, Mo. The first street railway service began in...