History Blog 

The Howell monument in Mount Olivet Cemetery represents the lives of Dr. John S. Howell, a long-time Hannibal physician, his wife...

The George Wilson Ham family is pictured together in 1903. From left, Merle and Ida Ham with their son, Lawrence; Roy and Lena Ham with...

Pictured are, from left, three Hannibal brides, pictured near the end of the 19th Century: Lewellen Scott, who wed W.H. Whaley in 1886;...

Constructed circa 1895, this Queen Anne style house at 419 Bird Street, Hannibal, Mo., was home to the W.T. Perkins family. Daughter...

This boarding house, located at 517-519 Broadway in Hannibal, Mo., is attributed to the Hannibal Arts Council’s historic photo...

Jimmy Spencer, the official Huck Finn for the Huck Finn Shopping Center, is pictured in front of a sign promoting the planned shopping...

This photo of the Sonnenberg department store, following its remodel combining three store fronts to one in the mid 1920s, is from the...

This photo composite, originally created by Mrs. George Storrs, was published in the June 30, 1938 edition of the Hannibal, Missouri,...

An alarm was sounded at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 1930, signaling the devastating fire in the 100 block of North Main Street in...

Tim Rice is pictured in 1949, standing in front of his father’s bread truck. They lived on the steepest part of Grace Street. Notice St....