1884: Coroner Evans Fritz investigates pool hall death at 'Stringtown'
Evans Fritz, the first in succession of undertakers in the Smith Funeral Home & Chapel lineage, was coroner in January 1884, and was...
Hard work, but a good life - Bob Yount remembers: Growing up on the Hatch Farm at Hannibal
By Mary Lou Montgomery Retired editor, Hannibal Courier-Post The hills and valleys of the old Hatch farm in Oakwood, its creeks and...
Reclaimed wood from Hatch Dairy Experiment Station serves as foundation for Willett home
Brad Willett cleaned up this gate from the Hatch farm dairy barn and it now has a functional as well as attractive function in his home...
Poages purchased Hannibal Masonic Home property in 1974
The old Masonic Home, located on Paris Gravel Road where it intersects with U.S. 61, was sold to Dean Poage and wife of Shelbina, Mo., in...
1930 Census identifies residents of Hannibal's Masonic Home
The 1930 U.S. Census lists the following Masonic Home residents, the same time that this photo, contributed by J. Allen Ballard, was...
Hannibal Masonic Home, through the eyes of Joshua Burton, Hannibal undertaker, who was a decade-long
Photo courtesy of J. Allen Ballard Joshua Burton is at rest in Hannibal’s Robinson Cemetery. Ninety-five at the time of his death in...
The original Oakwood Methodist Church
Archie Hayden shared this amazing photo of the former Oakwood Methodist Church. To read the story about the church history, and the...
Visionaries launched Oakwood UM Church
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY www.maryloumontgomery.com The group of men gathered together in 1889 to discuss the need for a new United Methodist...
Section 36 Township 57 Range 5W Marion County Missouri
Thanks to my daughter, Marla, I have located boundaries of land that was in my family in the later part of the 19th Century. The property...
Hannibal Clipper Dec. 11, 1875: Burglar stole 'family' groceries
Last night some person broke into the grocery store of John Mead & Co., of Stringtown, just west of this city, and stole goods of the...