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Mary Lou Montgomery has published three books related to her narrative-style writing.

Mary Lou Montgomery, a retired community journalist, researches and writes narrative history stories based upon the actions and interactions of ordinary people who participated in history-making events during the course of their daily lives. Books available on Amazon.com by this author: "The Notorious Madam Shaw," "Pioneers in Medicine from Northeast Missouri," and "The Historic Murphy House, Hannibal, Mo., Circa 1870."

06/10/2023

South Hannibal's public school is named after long-time principal A.D. Stowell. It has been more than one hundred years since he passed, but two of the prominent houses where he lived in Hannibal are still standing; one on Union Street, and the other on St. Mary's Avenue.

A portrait of A.D. Stowell hangs in the entryway to Stowell School, 500 Union, which opened in 2007. Photo contributed by Steve Chou. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Albert David Stowell was a good-looking bachelor in his mid 30s when he arrived in Hannibal circa 1890. He already had a dozen years of experience...

06/03/2023

A tragedy suffered by Lora Slayton of Hannibal following an Emancipation Day gathering at Smith's Park on St. Mary's Avenue helps tell the story of Hannibal's early means of transportation: The streetcar.

Handwriting on this rare 1905-era photo is believed to be that of Sinclair Mainland, whose father, John S. Mainland, was a long-time manager of the Hannibal Electric and Railroad Company. Sinclair Mainland’s handwriting describes the movie theater and event venue, to the right, that served Hanniba...

05/20/2023

https://www.maryloumontgomery.com/single-post/early-construction-utilized-bricks-made-in-hannibal

Robert B. Elgin and Francis D. Richmond advertised their brick yard in the 1901 Hannibal city directory, accessed via the Hannibal Free Public Library’s website. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY A dozen years before the onset of the Civil War, 21-year-old Joseph F. Elgin was conducting business as a brickmason...

04/29/2023

I remember the Lucke Maytag Wash ’N ‘Dry on the southwest corner of Richmond and Broadway Extension. A building remodel under way shows a reminder of this former Hannibal business.

Remodeling is under way at the historic Hannibal building on the southwest corner of Broadway and Richmond Street. Work has unveiled a partial view of a former sign advertising the building which contained the Lucke Maytag Wash ’N ‘Dry beginning in the 1950s. Photo by Mary Lou Montgomery, 2023. ...

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