

2010: Carenen cousins convene for reunion in Hannibal
At right: David Carnenen visits with cousins who gathered for a reunion in Hannibal during August 2010. Published in the Hannibal...


Intervention couldn’t deter two young people in love
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY As is true with the best of school educators, Miss Frankie Connell was astutely aware of the comings and goings of...


Miss Frankie Connell: Marion County’s first female elected official
Marion County’s rural teachers are shown in this 1912-13 photo published in the 1913 Marion County Atlas. Front row, left, is Miss...


Patriotic brothers
Louis Bright of Hannibal, right, is pictured in uniform with his two brothers, Ora Hart, left, and Wallace Dixon, center. Ora served in...


Honoring war veterans
George Deason took this July 1985 photo of the Clarence Woodson American Legion Post 155 color guard marching in the Fourth of July...


Political leader, Boston baseball team owner possessed deep Hannibal roots
Photo: Library of Congress MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Matilda P. Richmond hails from one of Hannibal’s earliest business families, the...


1878: Hannibal editors settled fued via dueling baseball bats
The 1903 edition of the Denver Post included this sketch of the infamous duel between two Hannibal editors 25 years prior. The newspaper...


Little family left an impact upon Hannibal
Steve Chou, Hannibal’s master historic photo collector, recently shared this photo of the Little Cigar Shop in Hannibal on Facebook. He...


Lula Mae Kimberley Rothweiler taught at Spence, North River, Prairie View and Providence schools in
Lula Mae Kimberley married Dan B. Rothweiler April 29, 1941, in Lewis County, Mo. They are pictured in front Helen Young’s house at 3423...


Mulkey family attended Marion County's Turner School
Three Mulkey sisters read the newspaper in this photo recently found in an old Turner School scrapbook. CONTRIBUTED BY SUE HART This...