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Located on the bank of the Mississippi River lies historic Hannibal, Missouri. Approximately 100 miles Northwest of St. Louis, Hannibal is one of Missouri’s best tourism destinations. As the boyhood home to author Mark Twain, Hannibal is famously known as the setting for timeless novels including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. With a plethora of things to do in Hannibal, this river town is the perfect destination for a fun-filled weekend getaway or a full week of history and adventure!
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Top 12. Best Tourist Attractions in Hannibal - Missouri: Rockcliffe Mansion, Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, Mark Twain Cave and Cameron Cave, Tom and Huck's Statue, Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse, Big River Train Town, Becky Thatcher's House, Cave Hollow West Winery, Molly Brown Museum and Home, Jim's Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center, Hannibal Free Public Library, Riverview Park
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August 18, 2017
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[1936 - President Roosevelt: Dedication of Bridge, Hannibal, Missouri. 04Sep36]
LS SOF Motorcade led by motorcycle police escort arriving past large crowd w/ band playing; FDR waving from limousine w/ flags on front.
21:41:31 LSs & pans of packed crowd watching, houses in background.
21:42:11 LS across empty new Mark Twain Memorial Bridge towards Illinois; pan to banner: Illinois Welcomes President Roosevelt above empty highway. GOOD.
21:42:32 Speakers stand w/ VIPS, applause; LS w/ FDR at lectern: SOF, “Governor Horner, Mayor, I’m glad to come back to Hannibal. Many, many years ago I made a speech here; and I’m glad to come back for many reasons. One of which I remember well that Hannibal was the home town of an old friend of mine with whom I served in the World War; a distinguished American naval officer, Admiral Coontz. (edit) pride, & with a glory in American tradition that I enjoy this happy privilege today, joining in this tribute to one who impressed himself upon the lives of youth everywhere all through the last fourscore years & ten. (edit)
21:43:44 MCU, SOF “and we’re all boys. (applause) Mark Twain and his tales still live, though the years have passed & time has wrought its changes on the Mississippi. The little white town drowsing in the sunshine of the days of Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer has become the metropolis of Northeastern Missouri. (edit)
21:44:17 CU “birthplace, & the haunts of his youth is very dear to me; especially because I, myself as a boy, a younger boy than I am now, had the happy privilege of shaking hands with Mark Twain. (applause) That was a day I shall never forget. With every American boy, & every American who has ever been a boy, I thrill today at the great structure joining two great States in the commemoration of youths' immortal. (edit)
21:45:01 LS “of a changing order, a necessarily changing order. The river ferry started to go when the old railroad bridge joined Missouri & Illinois back in 1870. (edit).
21:45:23 LS “of mixed rail and vehicular traffic. The very story of the crossings of the Mississippi for a 100 years that story seems to me symbolic of the necessary changes that take place in the structure of American life. This bridge, with its three-quarters of a million dollars' outlay, stands symbolic of what can be accomplished by the cooperation of local governments & the Federal Government. Here, in this act of progress, we find the Federal Government, the City of Hannibal, the State of Missouri & the State of Illinois all joined together in coordinated action. Together they have given you this new bridge. And, my friends, working together in the days to come, they will greatly further the prosperity & convenience of the people of the United States in every part of the Nation. (end of speech).
21:46:48 LS of people watch as VIPs leave stand.
21:47:07 MOS MS FDR in limousine w/ scissors & ribbon, smiling & cutting ribbon.
21:47:24 MOS Motorcycle police leading motorcade across bridge. POV across bridge without traffic & view past sign: Leaving Missouri. Brief POV to rear.
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Downtown Hannibal, Missouri
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Incredible Model Train Display
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In Hannibal, Missouri, the good news is that their system of levees and flood gates has won the batt
HEADLINE: Town avoids flooding, fears tourism hit
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CAPTION: In Hannibal, Missouri, the good news is that their system of levees and flood gates has won the battle against the Mississippi River. But, there's bad news, too. AP correspondent Jason Bronis reports from Mark Twain's hometown. (June 20)
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HANNIBAL, Mo. - Town avoids flooding, fears tourism hit.
Suggested caption: In Hannibal, Missouri, the good news is that their system of levees and flood gates has won the battle against the Mississippi River. But, there's bad news, too. AP correspondent Jason Bronis reports from Mark Twain's hometown.
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SUPER: HANNIBAL, Missouri
VO of river, town
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MARK TWAIN ONCE SAID, IT 'WILL ALWAYS HAVE ITS OWN WAY.'
BUT CITY LEADERS IN TWAIN'S OWN HOMETOWN HAVE PROVEN HIM WRONG - TWICE.
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SUPER: Beau Hicks/Tourism Director
Twice in 15 years, it's protected us from what would have been devastating floods for our downtown.
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VO of levee
A LEVEE BUILT TO WITHSTAND A CREST OF 34-FEET …
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Behind this wall you have 25-feet of water.
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VO of gates, sandbags, town, street scenes.
… HEAVY FLOOD GATES AND SANDBAGS HAVE KEPT THIS TOWN OF 17-THOUSAND MOSTLY DRY.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
IT'S VITAL FOR THE TOWN'S SECOND BIGGEST ECONOMIC ENGINE - TOURISM.
SOME HALF-MILLION VISIT EACH YEAR.
DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS CHIPPED IN TO PAY FOR THE PROTECTION AFTER FLOODING RAVAGED THE TOWN THREE DECADES AGO.
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Hicks
We just think of the communities that are not as fortunate to have this kind of system like we do in Hannibal.
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VO of Twain's home, wall, hotel, café.
BUT ALL IS NOT WELL IN THE TOWN THAT TWAIN BUILT.
CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING - THAT LOCALS SAY IS FUELED BY ERRONEOUS MEDIA REPORTS - ARE KEEPING VISITORS AWAY.
ONE HOTEL REPORTED 75 CANCELLATIONS LAST WEEK ALONE.
AT THE JUMPING FROG CAFÉ, THE TABLES ARE EMPTIER THAN USUAL, AND OWNER TRACEY LAKE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE.
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SUPER: Tracey Lake/Business Owner
The news, it makes it sound like we're completely under water. They showed pictures of the old armory, which has water up around it, but they said this is pretty much what Hannibal looks like. It's not.
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VO of storefronts, river
MERCHANTS HOPE BUSINESS WILL PICK UP AGAIN BEFORE THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY AND THE ANNUAL TOM SAWYER DAYS.
BUT EVEN LAKE ADMITS FEW WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY WITH THE CONSTANT THREAT OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODS.
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People have put a lot of money into their businesses, made them permanent, knowing we have this state of the art flood wall.
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VO of wall, town.
A WALL THAT'S PROVING ITSELF YET AGAIN.
JB, THE A-P, HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.
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Like a homecoming, Mark Twain Himself returns author and humorist Samuel L. Clemens, to his Missouri birthplace in Hannibal on the banks of the Mississippi River. Experience a special encounter at historic Planter’s Barn Theater with the man who made America laugh and inspired the world. It’s an intriguing stage show full of Mark Twain’s wit and compelling drama presented by actor Richard Garey. You won’t want to miss this unique stage production of Mark Twain Himself! Mr. Richard Garey combines his passion as an actor, his skill as a storyteller, and his expertise as a writer to bring the role of Mark Twain to life. A talented and experienced actor, with acting credits in over 40 states and Canada in a twenty year stage career, Garey explores many dimensions of the characters he creates on stage. Mark Twain Himself includes comedy, satire, and drama as you would expect from Mr. Twain. Garey is also the playwright for the show, who collected and assembled this one-man play from the writings of Samuel L. Clemens.
Hannibal, MO Violent Windstorm (100 mph microburst), 6-9-2011
Video of a violent windstorm that hit the southwest side of Hannibal, MO shortly after 6 p.m. on June 9. This video was taken from about 10 miles east of Hannibal. The video suggests this was probably an intense microburst - notice the rapid right-to-left movement of the rainfoot (rain and hail being blown forward near the ground) under the lowered area. One person did discribe an abrupt change of wind direction, so it's possible there was a tornado in there somewhere, but probably it was a microburst, perhaps over 100 mph.
Mark Twain on Main Festival / Hannibal, MO / 2019 Mississippi River Flooding
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Aerial Footage of The American Queen In Hannibal, Missouri
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Around the USA on Motorcycle: Section Hannibal MO to Peducah KY
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USA Hannibal MO 1981
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I was accompanied by my wife. We saw Hannibal on the way from St. Louis to Chicago. My wife had a special interest in visiting Hannibal, because she read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and I not. From Chicago we continued in a 5 days drive to the Yellowstone NP.
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Historic Missouri River Bridge Might Soon Be Gone
Nearly 135 years ago today the first bridge over the upper reaches of the Missouri river opened for business between Bismarck and Mandan. It was a big deal. The bridge was an engineering marvel of its day, providing the first crossing over the northern portion of the Missouri river. The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1882, the brand new Missouri River High Bridge (named “High” because it was placed high above the known flood plain) was more than a thousand river miles upstream from the first railroad bridge to cross the Missouri, the Hannibal Bridge finished by the Union Pacific Railroad at Kansas City in 1869.
Now the historic bridge is about to reach a crossroads. The current owner, the Burlington, Northern, Santa Fe (BNSF), wants to build a new modern railroad bridge. What to do with the old bridge is up in the air. Outdoor, historic and other groups are looking for help from a group called Rails to Trails to repurpose the bridge instead of destroying it. The local interest is mounting to find some way to keep the historic bridge from being demolished. The most talked about plan would be to connect the historic bridge to the existing multi-use trail systems on both sides of the Missouri river at Bismarck and Mandan.
There are costs estimates of “millions of dollars” to retrofit the existing 135 year-old bridge into a span that could safely accommodate walkers, bikers and roller bladers, not to mention the cross-country skiers in the winter. Some believe that the railroad should pay for those costs and roll them into the overall bridge project.
One group following the issue of what to do with the 135 year-old bridge is Rails to Trails. The nonprofit has a long “track” record of converting both rail beds and railroad bridges into multi-use trails. Rails to Trails Regional Director Eric Oberg said the project would be a “major undertaking,” and will require a public-private partnership to undertake. People in the local community are getting involved with online petitions, visits with local government officials and strategies for saving the bridge from destruction.