The first of two parts
On Jan. 1, 1863, an important meeting was held at the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church among Quincy residents of African ancestry, …
Incurable contagious diseases in our area have been a problem for all of our history. In the late 1800s newspapers routinely tracked and repor…
As the United States entered the fall of 1927, the country’s economic prospects shined brighter than in previous decades, with the relative pr…
The attempt by Dr. Richard Eells to liberate a Missouri slave we know only as Charley is one of the most dramatic and tragic stories in the hi…
If you wander around Woodland Cemetery, you might come across an interesting tombstone memorializing John M. Cyrus, a prominent Quincy attorne…
A hundred years ago in Quincy, chickens were taken seriously.
Adams County was home to at least two historians of national eminence. One was Allan Nevins of Columbia University. Nevins was a Camp Point, I…
QUINCY — The Friends of the Log Cabins have a few more friends joining them again on Quinsippi Island.
In 1912, Quincy residents were encouraged to shop at the A. Doerr department store at Sixth and Maine where, according to an ad, customers cou…
This column last week discussed the way in which the death of an ancestor of the late Quincy physician, Alcee Jumonville III, caused the Frenc…
If you wander around Woodland Cemetery, you might come across an interesting tombstone memorializing John M. Cyrus, a prominent Quincy attorne…
The holiday of Thanksgiving has its origins in European, particularly English, harvest festivals.
Part 2 of an irregular series on rural schools
On Oct. 15, 1864, The Quincy Daily Whig informed readers that, “Washington dispatches of the 13th have just reached us announcing the death of…
The last great pandemic the world faced began in 1918. It was called the Spanish Flu, but it did not start in Spain. What is known is that the…
This article was originally published in 2014 and has been revised and reissued as part four of the election series.
A hanging was scheduled to happen in August 1893, and it was causing Sheriff Vancil to lose sleep.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) â A Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president's budding vi…