Quincy City Historical Markers

Map of Illinois State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Quincy

Quincy City Historical Markers

Quincy Historic Homes & Houses

First House and Store in Forreston

In the spring of 1825, Oliver W. Kellogg blazed a trail north through the prairie, passing near the future West Grove settlement, then a few miles eas... [click for more]

Quincy General Interest

Augustine Tolton

Father Tolton, the first Negro priest in the United States, was born of slave parents in Bush Creek, Missouri, in 1854. Educated at Quincy schools, he... [click for more]

Stephen A. Douglas in Quincy

Statesman and politician Stephen A. Douglas began his distinguished national career in Quincy. A resident of the city from 1841-1847, he served as Ass... [click for more]

The Mormons in Quincy

Mormons in Missouri were forced to flee their homes or face death because of an &lquo;Extermination Order&rquo; issued in 1838 by Governor Lillburn Bo... [click for more]

Thomas Scott Baldwin, 1858-1923

The home of Major Thomas Scott Baldwin, aviation pioneer, once stood at this location. Baldwin invented the first folding parachute here in 1887, and ... [click for more]

Welcome to Illinois

In 1673 the areas of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers were explored by Frenchmen Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette. Their voyages resulted... [click for more]