

Rivalry between Settles, Pettibone carried weight in 1880 Hannibal
This photo, taken from the southeast corner of Main and Broadway circa 1866, shows the Settles & Helms dry good store, located on the...


Dr. Lucke looked over health concerns of Marion County
Dr. Lucke is pictured leaving the Maddox house on Hope Street in Hannibal in 1947. He had affixed a quarantine sign to the front door...


1947: Sister Kenny's treatment plan cured young Hannibal polio patient
Gov. Dwight Green of Illinois, holds 7-year-old Margaret Carenen of Hannibal, Mo., as he visited the recently established Sister...


Picture tells story of business half-block destroyed by fire in 1898
This map, based upon a Sanborn Fire Map of 1899, shows where the businesses that burned were located. ILLUSTRATION BY MARY LOU MONTGOMERY...


Fascinato, who taught music in Hannibal, went on to become musical director for The Tennessee Ernie
Link to Ford singing "Sixteen Tons" at the end of this story. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The finger-snapping, pencil mustached, baritone singer...


Syrian refugee, Solomon Joseph, operated a wholesale dry goods business in Java Jive building
This photo, from the Maddox family collection, is identified on the back as: S.G. Butler, Han Merc Co 1-22-13. Presumably, Solomon...


9th grade class project provided snapshot of 1960 Hannibal
Tom Maddox, left, and his sister Becky David look through over their family scrapbooks at Java Jive on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16, 2016....