History Blog 

This 2021 file photo shows the historic house located at 3520 Hamilton St., in Oakwood. A fire started on the front porch roof on...

Rex Hicks, owner of The Golden Ruler Business Center in Hannibal and Quincy, Ill., recently consolidated his two local Hannibal...

Thomas C. Bacon, a Hannibal attorney, autographed a copy of his new book, “Mirror of Hannibal” for Lela Adele Tucker. Miss Tucker was...

The early Saturday morning fire at 408 Rock Street consumed a vacant structure which had previously been condemned by the city. The...

This is a photo of a framed drawing of the Molly Brown birthplace, by the late John Bolton Stoeckley of Louisiana, Mo. He drew this image...

This is a rare image of the VIP rail car, Lycoming, pictured circa 1890. Hannibal resident, Elijah Spencer, a long-time porter for the...

Billy Yargus of Hannibal is holding one of the four turkey callers marketed under his name. He, with assistance of his wife and several...

This is an early postcard featuring the Immaculate Conception Church. The building, constructed in the early 1870s, formerly served the...

Eddie Bogue, who spent 37 years in law enforcement, first at Hannibal, then Palmyra, retired in 2024. He is now working for...

Nearly complete, on the southwest corner of Bird and Fifth in Hannibal, is a ‘Steamboat Carpenter Gothic Revival’ house, constructed...