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Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye
I lived in Hannibal, Missouri all my life and it's the birth place and burial site of Hall of Famer Jake Beckley and this city doesn't care about this guy. It's all Mark Twain and Molly Brown.
They had a memorial dedicated in 1971 on Main Street where all the tourists are at and they moved it to Clemens Field which no one goes to so he's dumped on even more. The merchants can't make any money off him so who cares.
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I lived in either Lincoln or Omaha from 1984 to just last May. Even non-fans knew about Wahoo Sam Crawford. But I was born and raised in Vandalia, Missouri, less than 30 miles from Hannibal (which was the closest “big city”) and never knew Jake Beckley was born there! Now that all my family is gone, doubt I make it back to the Vandalia/Mexico/Hannibal area again, but if I do, I’ll go out of my way to see the memorial at Clemons Field.
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Last edited by Howe’s Hunter; 03-19-2020 at 01:06 PM.
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