In 1843 at age 22, Franklin Angus Worrell moved to Quincy from Ephrata, Pa., with his mother Elizabeth and his brother Milton. His mother was a recent widow who would
We have all heard about Thomas Edison and the incandescent light bulb which he invented in 1879. But how could you use a light bulb if you had no electricity?
There is an archival box in the research area of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County labeled John F. Garner. Curiosity led me to open the box and
Soon after World War II ended in 1945, Russia — which had fought alongside American allies — became a communist state under the rule of Premier Joseph Stalin. Fears about
During much of the 20th century, newspapers had a Society page. The 1913 Quincy Daily Herald called their page, The Week In Society, with the slogan, Comings and Goings of