The Connection Center

06/15/2026

Flag Day

06/15/2026

Great Connections this Sunday, June 14 with 35 teachers touring New Philadelphia and the Barry Baptist Church.......

06/11/2026

History just across the River. ..

Welcome to an awesome Juneteenth event. This is especially relevant because voting rights are being challenged as high as the Supreme Court.

For more than 100 years, Missouri has uplifted Marie Byrum, a 26-year-old white woman, as the first female to vote in Missouri, possibly the country. It was election day, August 31, 1920, just five days after the ratification of the 19th Amendment. It was well planned by her father- in- law City Clerk Morris Byrum, and she was trained by the Missouri League of Women Voters, nothing could go wrong. She has been honored with a mural in Hannibal’s Historic District.

What wasn't expected was the number of Negro women who also showed up to make history that rainy morning in late August. Some walked more than a mile to their polling place in Ward One on the corner of Main and North Streets. Many Negro men also showed up that morning, the first in line was 63-year-old Frank Woods (1856-1947), he was #9 on that day's Voter Rolls. Mr. Woods' enslaved parents had been brought here from Kentucky. He was a retired blacksmith, this former Buffalo soldier is buried under a flat granite grave marker at Robinson Cemetery. His wife was voter #115, Elizabeth Woods. In fact, 43 of the voters that day were Negro.

Scouring the local newspapers, it seems that their votes happened without incident. Could it be because many of these voters came in groups or as married couples? The courage shown that day must be acknowledged; the youngest was a 19 year old maid and more than half of them were formerly enslaved residents.

06/11/2026

Especially the Belvedere Inn...

The best stays in Hannibal start with our locally owned and run bed & breakfasts.
Looking for a special place to stay this 4th of July, or any single day of the year?
Check out one of these gems:
The Huckleberry Inn
The Dubach Inn Bed and Breakfast
The Belvedere Inn
👉Learn more on our website (historicdowntownhannibal)

06/11/2026

Ever want to Connect with people .....find a Supper Club ....one of the best perks of Wisconsin ..... apparently people still like them ....

The supper club is the Midwest's most enduring social ritual. Our winners in the 2026 Best of the Midwest Awards for the best supper club include The Butterfly Club, Hobnob, Ishnala Supper Club in the Wisconsin Dells, Monte Carlo in Minneapolis, The Duck Inn, and more.

06/09/2026

LOOK. This couple saved two trunks of John W Boyd family items particularly centering around the daughter Lila Boyd and brought the trunks to Barry this month from several miles north of Pike County.......They kept the trunks for ten years after buying the house they found them in .....so some stuff is in better shape than others .....

06/05/2026

We are open today!! Open until 4PM today, Friday. The raffle tickets are from Pike County 250th celebration organized by the Nancy Ross Chapter of DAR....and proceeds will go to the local DAR scholarship fund. The New Philadelphia Association has no role in this activity.

06/03/2026

Now selling Pike County 250th Quilt raffle tickets.....at The Connection Center.....The New Philadelphia Association has no role in this activity.

06/03/2026