Walk of Fame: Featured individuals from this website's first year, 2014/2015
Click on names to follow the links. If links fail, notify webmaster by clicking here. • Scott Anderson - MU Hall of Famer. • Elizabeth...
McVeigh descendant retraces ancestors’ steps in Hannibal
Photo contributed by Jack Ramirez of Kansas City, Mo., descendant of Hiram McVeigh and Hiram M. McVeigh. Hiram McVeigh moved from his...
Fannie Peake, noted soprano with venerable lineage, spent her childhood in Hannibal
Piano music, “Lover and the bird,” contributor A. Schuman, St. Louis Mo. Date of music, 1873. Library of Congress. A noted singer spent...
‘America’s greatest yodeler’ hails from Hannibal, Mo.
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...
Former slave tells of her heritage during court testimony in Hannibal, Mo., in 1894
1854, City of Hannibal map, adapted from the original map by Dave Thomson 2004. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Mary Cook was but nine years old...
Riverman Charles W. Curts left a lasting imprint on Hannibal
Charles W. Curts’ last home, (see picture at right) where he breathed his last breath, and where his daughter Josephine Ayers continued...
1949, Ed O'Neill: A two-finger typer
Long-time Hannibal Courier-Post sports editor Ed O'Neill is photographed by co-worker Otis Howell in 1949 at the newspaper office, which...
As a 4-year-old musical performer, Walt Chandler was an admitted ‘show off’
Walter Chandler was just 4-years old in 1935 when Hannibal – during the depths of the Great Depression - staged a monumental celebration...
Rail, mail, fire & newspaper memories
Joe and Betty Farrell have been married for 73 years. Their memories of the way things were are vivid and telling. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY...
100 years in business; to celebrate, Griffen's sells roses at 1915 price
My favorite florists, Dan and Rich Griffen, sold me a dozen roses today for $5 - the same price when Griffen's opened their first flower...