History Blog 

This photo represents the unpredictible currents of Hannibal's Bear Creek in 1910. Steve Chou collection Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) -...

Cutline: This sketch of Mrs. Lena Mason was published in the Denver Post on Sept. 25, 1896. Reprinted with permission. Thanks to Rhonda...

Pictured on the deck on the Mark Twain Riverboat following their marriage on June 20, 2015, are my son and daughter in law, Brian and...

I stopped by Poage Chevrolet Buick today to talk about the old Masonic Home that once occupied the site when the dealership is now...

​ Donna Toalson shimmies up a porch post while her uncle, Kenneth Brooks, waits on the roof. This photo was published in Look Magazine on...

Rosalee Brooks Toalson is pictured in a Look Magazine photo feature on Sept. 3, 1957. The mother of Sandy, Donna, Roy Lee and Carey...

I can't resist posting this video of a northbound BNSF coal train, passing through Hannibal on Friday morning, June 19, 2015. I live...

By MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Jan 9, 2011 Jim Matson formerly worked at Scyoc Pontiac in the 700 block of Broadway. Memories, sparked by two...

Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Friday, February 4, 2011 MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Last week we asked for stories about the old Abe's Bar and...

Note: I wrote the following story in december of 2010, interviewing Jim Matson of Hannibal, regarding the years he lived in the area...