History Blog 

This Herring Studio photo from the 1940s spotlights the 400 block of Broadway, to the right, with buildings constructed as early as 1871....

Jean Otten Moore shares a photo of Gurniss Tapley, who sold his horse, Colonel, to her father, Franklin Otten. Gurniss subsequently...

Pictured are members of the 1933 graduating class of the Levering Hospital School of Nursing. Class members are, front row, from left,...

Mrs. Laura Hawkins Frazier is pictured in 1914 by Tomlinson of Hannibal, Mo. Laura Hawkins lived across the street from Sam Clemens...

From the Oct. 5, 1956, Hannibal Courier-Post: Two firemen climb a ladder to a height of more than 50 feet with no support but anchor...

This building with the awning at 203 North Main Street in downtown Hannibal served as a fruit vending shop for two decades prior to 1930....

Otis Howell of the Hannibal Courier-Post photographed the interior of the Osborne Diner, located on the northeast corner of the junction...

As the bricks continue to fall on the old Schanbacher building that was gutted by fire on Christmas Eve, I'm reminded of a visit I had...

Elden and Dorothy Larson of near Perry, Mo., were featured on the agriculture page in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Aug. 23, 1950. They...

This is believed to be the only known photo of Dr. Mary S. Ross, who practiced medicine in Hannibal's Hornback Building at Fifth and...