The Civil War brought increasing prosperity to Quincy. Eells House, at 415 Jersey, was considered station number one on the Underground Railroad from Quincy to Chicago. The Illinois city's location, separated only by the Mississippi River from the slave state of Missouri, made Quincy a hotbed of political controversy. The matter of slavery was a major religious and social issue in Quincy's early years. The Quincy Wide Awakes were involved in a violent confrontation in a monster political rally on August 25, 1860, in Payson. Although there was substantial support for Douglas in the County, Quincy had a local chapter of the Wide Awakes, the para-military organization that supported Lincoln and the other Republican candidates. Lincoln and Douglas again competed during the 1860 Presidential campaign. Quincy was the largest city in which Lincoln and Douglas appeared.
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Douglas and his challenger, Abraham Lincoln. In 1858, Quincy was a site for the sixth Senatorial debate by U.S. Steamboat arrivals and departures made Quincy's riverfront a beehive of activity. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir gave a benefit concert in Quincy, from which collected proceeds were donated to the city as an expression of gratitude. The kindness by the people of Quincy is still remembered by Mormons today. Joseph Smith then led his followers 40 miles (64 km) up river to the settlement of Nauvoo, Illinois. Though vastly outnumbered by the new arrivals, the residents of Quincy provided food and shelter for the Mormons.
The new residents brought with them much needed skills for the expanding community.ĭuring the winter of 1838-1839, five thousand members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, on their way west, were driven from their homes in Missouri and arrived in Quincy. In the 1840s they were joined by a wave of German immigrants, who left Europe after the Revolutions in German provinces. They brought a culture of progressive values, such as support for public education. Quincy's earliest 19th century settlers were primarily from New England, Yankees who moved west in a continuing search for good land. The town square was originally named John Square (to complete the name John Quincy Adams) on April 30, 1825, but was eventually renamed Washington Square. In 1825 Quincy became the Adams County seat, both named in honor of the newly-elected U.S. He became Governor in 1860 upon the death of elected Governor William Henry Bissell. Wood was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1856. The next year he became the first settler in what was originally called "Bluffs", and by 1825 would be known as Quincy. Wood purchased 160 acres (0.65 km 2) from a veteran for $60. Quincy's European-American founder, John Wood, came west from Moravia, New York in 1818 and settled in the Illinois Military Tract. For centuries the site was home to Sauk, Fox and Kickapoo Native American tribes. Quincy sits on the banks of the Mississippi River. 1.3 Contemporary history (1980 to present).
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