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Hannibal, Missouri

By Steve , Chou

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc
ISBN
9781439613580, 1439613583
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
50 MB (52406063 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
128\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

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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