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Hannibal Timeline
Important dates and events in the history of Hannibal.
1819 - Town founded by Moses D. Bates
1830 - Towns population is 30; first school is built on the city square
1831 - First river ferry boat operating
1837 - Hannibal gets its first newspaper, the Commercial Advertiser
1839 - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) moves to Hannibal
1845 - chartered as a city
1850 - Towns population is 2020
1853 - Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) moves out of Hannibal
1859 - The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad is completed, it is the first railroad to cross the state of Missouri
1861-1865 - Civil War. Hannibal is occupied by Union soldiers for the duration of the war.
1866 - Hannibal's first high school is built; Town builds state's first city-owned light and power plant
1867 - Margaret Tobin Brown (Molly Brown) born in Hannibal
1879 - The first telephone service begins in Hannibal
1889 - The first tax-supported library in Missouri is established
1890 - Electric powered street car makes its initial run in town
1891 - The Daily Post, founded by Thomas B. Morris in 1886, combines with the Missouri Courier and the Hannibal Courier-Post newspaper is born.
1902 - Mark Twain's last visit to Hannibal; William P. Lear, inventor of the first automobile radio, the first automatic pilot of airplanes and the inventor/producer of the Lear Jet is born in Hannibal.
1929 - Hannibal-LaGrange College is opened.
1935 - The Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse is dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It will be rededicated by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.
1973 - Great Flood of 1973. Causes more than $350 million dollars in damages and kills 30 in the Hannibal area.
1990 - Population is 18,004.
1993 - Hannibal suffers a huge flood. Mississippi River reaches it's highest point in recorded history.
1993 - Hannibal gets old bridge removed; new one built. Bridge Section.
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Book Your Hotels Online
It's easy to choose a hotel and book your trip to Hannibal. Just click the link to see the hotel choices. Click Here
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Editor's Picks
So you want to know where the locals eat in Hannibal? What about where to eat when you're on a tight budget? And just where are the coolest places to visit or just hang out? hannibal.net has got you covered with our exclusive look at the best of Hannibal.
 Where the locals eat
Eating on a budget
Best Places to Visit
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Outdoor Guide
Looking to spend some time outdoors? Well, we've got a great guide for the outdoors in Hannibal from fishing the Mississippi to camping at Mark Twain Lake. Click Here
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Attractions on the Web
Find more information about the following attractions from their official sites:
 Rockliffe Mansion
The Riverboat
Stone School Inn
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Lovers Leap
No one knows for sure how many places in Missouri
are known as Lovers Leap; Mark Twain once wrote that there were at least 50 such high bluffs up and down the Mississippi River. Continue.
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