

Fire! A big deal in fledging river town
This undated photo from Steve Chou’s historic photo collection shows horses pulling an engine and firefighters from the downtown fire...


Family perishes when flood water crashes debris into wooden bridge
This illustration, based upon a 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, shows the direction the Crosby family was traveling by horse and wagon...


Hannibal native remembered as ‘Utah’s Mr. Credit Union’
This is the cover of the book featuring the life and career of Karl S. Little. (Contributed by Del Anderson of Ogden, Utah) MARY LOU...


With each death, a town loses a bit of its culture
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY “The Pirate 1924.” A yearbook: A compilation of names and faces, accompanied by hand-written notes and newspaper...


The Landau legacy on Market Street
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Adolph and Jacob Landau first arrived in Hannibal, they settled in at the Marion House, 162 Market Street, for...


Historic Hannibal house atop river bluff served as site for patent medicine production
The R.H. Hunstock Chemical Co., was once located on the third floor of this house, situated in Hannibal on a bluff located between Valley...


Young man of color named Johnson struck it big in the Klondike; Saved kindly Hannibal tailor from fo
This illustration was published in the July 23, 1897, edition of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The nation was abuzz in...


Emilie Treat: Tenth Judicial Circuit’s first female court reporter
Illustration of Mrs. Emilie Treat, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Dec. 12, 1909. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY A review of Emilie Miller’s formative...


Miss Sadie’s call: To care for others
St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., nursing class graduating in November 1907. CONTRIBUTED CLIFTON WITHERS JR. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY For...


Memorial marker represents Korean war pilot's return 'home'
NOTE: This story was first published in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Dec. 11, 2013. This spring, Richard Treat's family placed an...