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Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Mission to free slaves in Missouri ended in a trap

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Mission to free slaves in Missouri ended in a trap

  • 12 hrs ago

Part two of three

The most famous 3 Quincy residents you've never heard of

The most famous 3 Quincy residents you've never heard of

  • Updated Feb 21, 2021

The first of two parts

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Former slaves who became Quincy residents praised Lincoln

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Former slaves who became Quincy residents praised Lincoln

  • Updated Feb 13, 2021

On Jan. 1, 1863, an important meeting was held at the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church among Quincy residents of African ancestry, …

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Contagious diseases also raged in the past

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Contagious diseases also raged in the past

  • Updated Feb 12, 2021

Incurable contagious diseases in our area have been a problem for all of our history. In the late 1800s newspapers routinely tracked and repor…

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Great Depression turned local prosperity into plight

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Great Depression turned local prosperity into plight

  • Updated Jan 31, 2021

As the United States entered the fall of 1927, the country’s economic prospects shined brighter than in previous decades, with the relative pr…

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Dr. Richard Eels goes to court over liberating Missouri slave

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Dr. Richard Eels goes to court over liberating Missouri slave

  • Updated Jan 23, 2021

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…

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Attorney-Civil War veteran made significant contributions

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Attorney-Civil War veteran made significant contributions

  • Updated Jan 16, 2021

If you wander around Woodland Cemetery, you might come across an interesting tombstone memorializing John M. Cyrus, a prominent Quincy attorne…

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Once Upon a Time: Raising chickens in 1920 wasn't for dumb clucks

Once Upon a Time: Raising chickens in 1920 wasn't for dumb clucks

  • Updated Jan 2, 2021

A hundred years ago in Quincy, chickens were taken seriously.

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Quincy historian was a graceful writer

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Quincy historian was a graceful writer

  • Dec 26, 2020

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…

Eagles appearing over Quinsippi Island

Eagles appearing over Quinsippi Island

  • Updated Dec 23, 2020

QUINCY — The Friends of the Log Cabins have a few more friends joining them again on Quinsippi Island.

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Christmases of the past: Candle game, 'bundled humanity'

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Christmases of the past: Candle game, 'bundled humanity'

  • Dec 19, 2020

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…

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Quincy ancestor signed Declaration of Independence

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Quincy ancestor signed Declaration of Independence

  • Updated Dec 17, 2020

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…

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Quincy family had connection to birth of nation

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Quincy family had connection to birth of nation

  • Updated Jan 9, 2021

If you wander around Woodland Cemetery, you might come across an interesting tombstone memorializing John M. Cyrus, a prominent Quincy attorne…

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Few businesses closed on Thanksgiving in the past

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Few businesses closed on Thanksgiving in the past

  • Updated Dec 3, 2020

The holiday of Thanksgiving has its origins in European, particularly English, harvest festivals.

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Why was a Concord Township school called Hazel Dell?

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Why was a Concord Township school called Hazel Dell?

  • Updated Nov 22, 2020

Part 2 of an irregular series on rural schools

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Lincoln filled Supreme Court vacancy after Election Day

Once Upon a Time in Quincy: Lincoln filled Supreme Court vacancy after Election Day

  • Updated Nov 19, 2020

On Oct. 15, 1864, The Quincy Daily Whig informed readers that, “Washington dispatches of the 13th have just reached us announcing the death of…

Once Upon a Time: Schools also closed for pandemic in last century

Once Upon a Time: Schools also closed for pandemic in last century

  • Updated Nov 7, 2020

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…

Once Upon a time in Quincy: Johnson, Nixon visit Quincy before 1960 election

Once Upon a time in Quincy: Johnson, Nixon visit Quincy before 1960 election

  • Updated Oct 31, 2020

This article was originally published in 2014 and has been revised and reissued as part four of the election series.

Once Upon a Time in History: Dan Porter was the one that got away

Once Upon a Time in History: Dan Porter was the one that got away

  • Updated Nov 19, 2020

A hanging was scheduled to happen in August 1893, and it was causing Sheriff Vancil to lose sleep. 

Bible underscores Lincoln's belief he was to end slavery

Bible underscores Lincoln's belief he was to end slavery

  • Updated Oct 6, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president's budding vi…

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