History Blog 

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The home of the Rev. J.H. Jackson, 511 N. Fifth, Hannibal, Mo., was burglarized the evening of Thursday, Aug. 18,...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When 30-year-old James Porter Allen of Hannibal accepted a position as substitute letter carrier in 1901, the tailors...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Wearing a floor-length gown of Ottoman silk, custom made at a dressmaker’s shop in St. Louis, Miss Mary Pettibone of...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Did Ed O’Neill, long-time sports editor for the Hannibal Courier-Post, and Lester Dimmitt, long-time owner and...

This photo shows the east side of the 100 block of North Main Street in 1959. Sonnenbergs Department Store is at left, and Bowles...

This is believed to be a photo of the P. Van Evercooren dry goods and grocery store, located at 2205 Market St., Hannibal, circa 1917,...

John DeLaporte Sr., left, owner of the DeLaporte Shoe Store at 1801 Market St., works with his nephew, Ray DeLaporte. CONTRIBUTED...

Located inside the former grocery store at 1905 Market was a State Farm Insurance office, owned by Edwin S. Wilson. Mr. Wilson retired in...

This is a facsimile of the area north of Market Street where the late-night robbery of the Van Evercooren property took place in August...

This side-by-side comparison shows Hannibal’s Market Street fire station in 1905, at left, and the current building owned by Brad and...