Hannibal, Missouri, founded in 1819 on the Mississippi River, has come a long way from its humble beginnings when it was home to only 30 residents. During the late 1800s, millions of feet of lumber were processed in its mills. By 1905, Hannibal had become a major rail hub, with over 50 passenger trains arriving daily. Today, Hannibal honors the memory of its most famous citizen, Mark Twain, and thrives on the legacy of the everyday people who built this idyllic river town. With over 200 historic photographs, Bluff City Memories explores the town that Twain made famous. These images recall festivals, floods, fires, and buildings that are now long gone. They also document events such as President Theodore Roosevelt's speech to a crowd at Union Station in 1903, and the aftermath of a shootout involving 1930s desperado John Dillinger.
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Steve Chou was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, but spent the summers of his youth in Hannibal. It was during that time that he acquired a love for the history and heritage of the town. He is a member of the Marion County Historical Society, and his first book, From Riverboats to Ribbons of Concrete, was published in 1994.
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A wonderful look back at how the town used to be. The reader can visiualize the streets as they are now then look at the pictures and see how they were. I am not sure we have moved forward. We have lost so much, beautiful architecture ie: fountains and buildings and of course the wonderful feeling of community that was taken for granted in the olden days.
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This view from Lovers Leap (c. 1865-1870) looks over south Hannibal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Mark Twain, Main Street, Market Street, North Main, Union Depot, Anna Schnitzlein, Lovers Leap, South Main, Central Park, Hannibal High School, Third Street, Cardiff Hill, East Broadway, Bear Creek, Center Street, Courtesy Kathy Threlkeld, Empire Mills, Fall Celebration, Fifth Street Baptist Church, Levering Hospital, Calvin Jackson, Collier Street, Courtesy of Archie Hoyden, Minnow Creek Bridge, Park Methodist Church New!
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This view from Lovers Leap (c. 1865-1870) looks over south Hannibal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photo dates, swing span, photo shows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mark Twain, Main Street, Market Street, North Main, Union Depot, Anna Schnitzlein, Lovers Leap, South Main, Central Park, Hannibal High School, Third Street, Cardiff Hill, East Broadway, Bear Creek, Center Street, Courtesy Kathy Threlkeld, Empire Mills, Fall Celebration, Fifth Street Baptist Church, Levering Hospital, Calvin Jackson, Collier Street, Courtesy of Archie Hoyden, Minnow Creek Bridge, Park Methodist Church New!
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- Mark Twain: Great American Short Stories I (Lake Classics) by Prescott Hill on page 10, page 67, and page 85
- Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain on page 77, and page 126
- Mark Twain: Huck Finn: Huck Finn Pudd'nhead Wilson No 44 Mysterious Stranger other Writings (Library of America College Editions) by Mark Twain on page 76, and page 77
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain on page 77, and page 126
- The Cold War (Cambridge Perspectives in History) by Mike Sewell on page 124
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