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W.T. Johnson, professional storyteller and retired educator, was a guest reader at Veterans Elementary School on Friday, Jan. 13, 1017....

In 1885, the Loomis & Snively Coal and Wood Yard encompassed an area along Bear Creek to the south, Collier Street to the north and Main...

Jack Wasson , left, and his wife, Geneva, right, pose with collectibles from the Quality Dairy, which was once located at 1248 Lyon...

Cutline: Artwork From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Feb. 19, 1853. Reprinted in Circus Scrap Book, No. 13 (Jan), 1932, pp....

T emporary Arch of the Grand Army of the Republic, constructed at Twelfth and Olive Streets in St. Louis for a grand encampment, attended...

This undated photo represents the Grand Army of the Republic assembled together in formation. The man standing in front holds a Union...

1952, Courier-Post New Home Edition reprinted in the Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Sunday, May 10, 2009 Author: Hannibal Courier-Post The...

Dana Riney of Hannibal stands by the graves of his grandmother, Bessie Rhodes Bartlett, and his great-grandparents, Minnie Melson Rhodes...

Employees of the Hannibal Morning Journal newspaper gather outside the building on East Broadway circa 1900. This building was known as...

This photo, taken from the southeast corner of Main and Broadway circa 1866, shows the Settles & Helms dry good store, located on the...