History Blog 

Matt Keefe was profiled in the San Francisco Call newspaper in August 1913. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY John Keefe was a 30-year-old Irish-born...

I cam across the following little article in the Hannibal Clipper, accessed via the Hannibal Free Public Library's website. The Robert...

Any resident of the Fifth ward who does not know Alf. Doolin is not posted on local celebrities of color. Alf. Doolin is a civil rights...

Spit in his face Excerpts from Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. 6, 1880 newspapers.com At noon to-day, (Feb. 6, 1880) Mr. Thomas H. Bacon, a...

Dr. Lawrence William Craigmiles conducted a dental practice in the Hannibal Fidelity Building, 617 Broadway, until he sold the practice...

Here's a clipping from the Quincy Daily Whig, Sept. 3, 1919, regarding the move of the Prudential office in Hannibal to the Fidelity...

This late 1950s photo of a Hannibal homecoming parade features the Fidelity building as a backdrop. This photo is part of Steve Chou's...

Sanborn map: http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?type=boolean;view=thumbnail;c=umcscsanic;rgn1=umcscsanic_ti;corig=...

Welcome Buddy This photo, part of Steve Chou’s vast collection, shows the businesses associated with the Fidelity Building in the 600...

Sandy and Daron Caswell found a box of World War II-era letters in the attic of their garage located on Grand Avenue in Hannibal. The...