Quincy has had a number of city dump locations since it’s beginning in the 1800’s. One of the locations included a site between foot of Harrison and Monroe streets in southwest Quincy. The area around the dump was known as “Dump City” at the time, as there was a number of shacks that had been […]
Remnants Of The Cold War | History of Fallout Shelters in the Quincy Area
Walking into the downtown post office a few weeks ago I noticed a sign above the door that read “Fallout Shelter”. I was immediately intrigued and started to do some research. Imagine my surprise when I found out Quincy was once home to the largest nuclear fallout shelter in the country! In the mid-to-late 1950′s […]
The Great Quincy UFO Sighting of 1897
In 1897 a UFO was sighted over Quincy, IL! In April of 1897, hundreds of Quincy area residents would report a strange airship flying over the city. The airship was first noticed at around 11pm by men on the levee who thought a steamer was coming down the river. The airship was reported as having […]