History Blog 

St. Joseph's Academy, circa 1880. 111 Broadway, built in 1848, demolished circa 1923. Photo contributed by Marion Schnelle, it is now...

Known simply as “Hannibal Cave” when this photo was taken about 1880, Mark Twain Cave hardly resembles the major tourist attraction it is...

This Herring photo from Steve Chou’s collection is dated Jan. 19, 1934, and was taken after the demolition of the house which was located...

Somewhere on the north end of Hannibal’s Riverside Cemetery were buried Eugenia Irwin and her young daughter Charlotte (Lottie.) The...

This early photo shows the state of the intersection at Market Street and Broadway Extension. Mrs. Dr. D.H. Shields was driving a...

Mary E. Whaley taught elementary grades at both Lincoln and Douglass schools in Hannibal. Photo contributed by Major Griggsby. Rev. and...

The late Dr. Thomas Chowning Jr., a native of Florida, Mo. His father was the attending physician for Sam Clemens’ birth, and Dr....

Pleasant Court was a post-war housing project intended to help relieve the housing crisis following the end of World War II. This photo...

The Emporium: This ready-to wear store was located at 609-11 Broadway. Michael Fireside, a native of Austria, was the store’s manager, on...

William Taylor was publicly hung on May 30, 1896, at Carrollton, Mo. He was convicted in the grisly murders of members of the Gus Meeks’...