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Settled (1819) by Moses Bates on land given (1818) to Abraham Bird as compensation for property damaged in the New Madrid earthquake (1811), it received its Carthaginian name from Hannibal Creek (later Bear Creek).
Hannibal is noted as the boyhood home of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain).
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- 1854 - Hannibal
Hannibal, a flourishing town of Marion county, Missouri, on the Mississippi river, 153 miles above St. Louis, and 15 miles below Quincy, in Illinois. It is advantageously situated for commerce, and is rapidly increasing in population and business. Large quantities of hemp, tobacco, pork, &c. which...Read MORE... 
1890 - FATAL WRECK NEAR HANNIBAL.
Hannibal, Mo., June 10. - An error of Train Dispatcher DAVIDSON, of the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern railroad, resulted in bringing a construction train in collision with a freight on a curve twelve miles south of this city yesterday morning about four o'clock. Twelve cars were...Read MORE...- 1895 - Hannibal
Han'nibal, a city of Marion co., Mo., is situated on the Mississippi River, 18 miles below Quincy, and about 148 miles above St. Louis, which is 100 miles distant by land. By railroad it is 206 miles E. of St. Joseph, and 102 miles W. of Springfield, Ill. It is an important railroad centre, being...Read MORE... 
Shoe Factory, Hannibal, Mo.
Mississippi River and Illinois in Distance.
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Indian Mound Park, Hannibal, Mo.
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Hannibal, a city of Marion co., Mo., situated on the Mississippi River, 18 miles below Quincy and 112 miles NW. of St. Louis, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the St. Louis and Hannibal and other railroads. It has an extensive trade in lumber and general agricultural produce, and has large...Read MORE... - 1953 - September 23 - KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
historyorb.com - 1958 - SEVEN KILLED IN AUTO CRASH.
Hannibal, Mo. (AP) - A head-on highway collision during pounding rain took seven lives Friday, including four children.
The victims were in a car that was crumpled by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 36. The dead were members of two Kansas families.
The bigger vehicle scraped over the top of the...Read MORE...
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Shoe Factory, Hannibal, Mo.
Mississippi River and Illinois in Distance.
Hannibal, Missouri, USA
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Indian Mound Park, Hannibal, Mo.
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1854 - Hannibal
Hannibal, a flourishing town of Marion county, Missouri, on the Mississippi river, 153 miles above St. Louis, and 15 miles below Quincy, in Illinois. It is advantageously situated for commerce, and is rapidly increasing in population and business. Large quantities of hemp, tobacco, pork, &c. which... Read MORE...
1890 - FATAL WRECK NEAR HANNIBAL.
Hannibal, Mo., June 10. - An error of Train Dispatcher DAVIDSON, of the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern railroad, resulted in bringing a construction train in collision with a freight on a curve twelve miles south of this city yesterday morning about four o'clock. Twelve cars were... Read MORE...
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1895 - Hannibal
Han'nibal, a city of Marion co., Mo., is situated on the Mississippi River, 18 miles below Quincy, and about 148 miles above St. Louis, which is 100 miles distant by land. By railroad it is 206 miles E. of St. Joseph, and 102 miles W. of Springfield, Ill. It is an important railroad centre, being... Read MORE...
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1916
Hannibal, a city of Marion co., Mo., situated on the Mississippi River, 18 miles below Quincy and 112 miles NW. of St. Louis, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the St. Louis and Hannibal and other railroads. It has an extensive trade in lumber and general agricultural produce, and has large... Read MORE...
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1953 - September 23 - KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1958 - SEVEN KILLED IN AUTO CRASH.
Hannibal, Mo. (AP) - A head-on highway collision during pounding rain took seven lives Friday, including four children.
The victims were in a car that was crumpled by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 36. The dead were members of two Kansas families.
The bigger vehicle scraped over the top of the... Read MORE...
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