History Blog 

Roy P. Schwartz, as pictured in the 1912 Hannibal (Mo.) High School yearbook. Steve Chou collection. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Just one week...

Ed. H. Wilson served as cashier and secretary for the Bank of Oakwood, and later as special deputy commissioner for the state of...

Archie Hayden, a railroad aficionado, shares this photo of a lock used at the Hannibal stockyards during the late 19th Century. MARY LOU...

Star Lime Quarry and Kiln area, south bluff of the Oakwood village area, Hannibal, Mo. Early morning visit, Feb. 23, 2008. Walk-about...

On the 15th day of November 1889, the people of Oakwood held a meeting at Edmonsdson’s Hall, when it was decided to erect a church in...

Dabney and Sarah (Sally) Singleton Gaines. Moberly Monitor Index, Jan. 25, 1933. accessed via newspapers.com MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Dabney...

Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad covered bridge near 1925 Market over Bear Creek, Oakwood, Hannibal, Mo. Photo taken 1903 by Anna...

This is an illustration titled “Brittingham Park,” shows the location of the Hannibal Fair Grounds in 1878. The road marked “Gravel Road”...

This headline described the fire at Oakwood, Mo., on Nov. 14, 1901. The image, published in the Hannibal Morning Journal, is from Steve...

This Frazer photo of the 1919 funeral of Francis Flood at the First Christian Church on Broadway in Hannibal, Mo., shows, in the...