Quincy-Born Man’s Botched 1879 Execution Became Part of U.S. Supreme Court History
More than 145 years ago, a man born in Quincy sat in a chair inside a Utah jail yard, refused
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Quincy University to Host Holocaust Exhibition
Quincy University to Host Holocaust Exhibition Exploring How Americans Responded as Atrocities Unfolded QUINCY, Ill. A nationally recognized exhibition examining
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When the World Came to Quincy: The Skydiving Convention That Made Guinness World Records History
Photo by Mike McGowan (Used with Permission) For years, thousands of skydivers from around the globe descended upon Quincy, Illinois,
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A River on Fire: The 1969 Disaster That Reached the Quincy Waterfront
When Fire Came Down the Mississippi: The 1969 Barge Disaster That Reached Quincy LA GRANGE, Mo. More than half a
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A Prayer Book, a Rosary and a Quincy Soldier: The Remarkable Wartime Story of James L. Veile
A 1945 Quincy newspaper account tells the extraordinary story of a 20-year-old local soldier whose small Catholic prayer book and
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“They Often Came to Quincy”: Historic Interview Links Jesse and Frank James to Quincy
Did Jesse James Visit Quincy? Library of Congress Interview Claims the Notorious Outlaw Was a Familiar Sight A 1938 Federal
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The Night Allen Ginsberg Came to Quincy — and the FBI Was Watching
In 1970, one of America’s most controversial poets walked into Quincy College wearing blue jeans and a corduroy jacket. The
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Pretty Boy Floyd’s Secret Quincy Connection: FBI Files Point to North Second Street
Federal investigative records uncovered by Quincy Current show that agents pursuing one of America’s most notorious Depression-era gangsters received information
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A Window Into Quincy’s Past: Rare Henry Lewis Lithograph Preserves One of City’s Earliest Views
Created from sketches made before the Civil War, Henry Lewis’ depiction of Quincy captures a young river city rising above
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When the Heavens Broke Apart: Quincy and the Great Meteor of 1876
Date of Event: December 21, 1876 | Quincy, Illinois On a December night in 1876, only four days before Christmas,
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