When John Wood built his first log cabin in 1822at what is now Front and Delaware Streets,he began a settlement that would become Quincy,Illinois. To the east was a high bluff, and to the west,the Mis
Quincy, Illinois, is located on the Mississippi River about20 miles north of Hannibal, Missouri, and 100 mileswest of Springfield, the state capital. Both Quincy and thecounty in which it lies, Adams,
