Business site for many years
Rhonda Brown Hall told me that this building in the 200 block of Lyon Street, Hannibal, once served as the office for Brown's Transfer...
1931: Former slave buried at Macon
Macon Chronicle Herald, Aug. 26, 1936, newspapers.com Following funeral services at Hannibal this afternoon, the body of Mrs. Charity...
Rev. Mason: Hannibal needs evangelism
Among quotes collected from famed evangelist Lena Mason, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo. In 1894 Rev. Lena Mason, the colored evangelist,...
Rev. Mason offers sage advice to parents
On Sept. 25, 1896, Lena Mason of Hannibal offered these sage words to parents, as published in the Denver Post, accessed via...
Born of a war over slavery, Lena Mason rises to evangelistic status
Cutline: This sketch of Mrs. Lena Mason was published in the Denver Post on Sept. 25, 1896. Reprinted with permission. Thanks to Rhonda...
Sidewalk signifies path to old Masonic Home
I stopped by Poage Chevrolet Buick today to talk about the old Masonic Home that once occupied the site when the dealership is now...