Milling was a big industry. The Eagle Mill, owned by Carter and Shepherd, was on south Third Street.

Empire Milling, formerly Dubachs, on East Broadway. Brick yards were numerous in the early 1860’s to 1910. The last one was Richmond’s located at the end of Hope Street in the bottoms, because a stratum of clay in that vicinity made brick of good quality. There were coal and wood yards also, as timber was a source of the farmer’s income.

Lumber was a good industry and several fortunes were founded on lumber from the early 1880’s to 1913. The Pettibone sawmill was under Lover’s Leap. The Empire Lumber Company, or Dulany yards, Cruikshank Lumber and Conlon—all maintained sawmills.

The old Mississippi was a scene of great activity with much travel by boat and the shipping of livestock. Cattle and hogs walked to the boat house, then overnight steamers made the trip to St. Louis. A dirt bank was at the river front, given by Glascock to the people, until 1915 when the river bank was paved with pink bricks of Belgian stone.

Included in the list of industrial concern in Hannibal were: planning mills, the largest flour in Northeast Missouri, two lime plants, two ice cream and two cold storage plants, two plants for cutting button blanks, a structural steel and bridge plant. Other Hannibal made goods were: butter, brooms, bakery goods, cigars, candy, carbonated beverages, furniture, harness, wire fencing, millinery, paints, printing and binding, mattresses, soap powder, walnut lumber, crushed stone, tin and sheet iron work.

On Tenth and Collier was the rope walk where rope was made. A great deal of hemp was raised around Hannibal. This walk was in a long narrow building 200 feet by six feet wide, with a roof over it. The men twisted the hemp fiber as they walked.

Hannibal had five breweries at one time. There were four cigar factories besides the small handmade cigars made in the back of stores. A wooden Indian stood in front as an advertisement.