Quincy

We left Hannibal in the morning and thought we'd try to go up a road by the river to Quincy (about 30 minutes north) but the road was closed because of flooding.  We found an alternate road.

 What are these?

 Huh, storage in a hill. 

Same initials as my grade school - Miyazaki Christian School. 
Good old MCS!

Our school, grades 1-8 with school teacher and dorm parents. 

I am on the far left, holding some kind of certificate or something.  

We tried to go up 57 and come into Quincy from the south.  No go.

We used a detour and finally got there.  We wanted to drive through Quincy to check out the bridge over the Mississippi.  We had been told that it was closed and we wanted to see it.

 I saw this pretty church.

 Loving the old architecture!

A photo of a photo shop.

Maine Street in Illinois 

 That's some spire!

This reminds me of Full House 

State Savings and Loan

Governor John Wood, 1st settler of Quincy 

A physician from NY, he served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon.  He tried farming in Illinois for 2 years.  He purchased 1/4 section of land along the Mississippi called the Bluffs and built an 18x20 log cabin.  He was the sole settler there, with visitations from Indians.  In 1825, the area was renamed Quincy after the newly elected president John Quincy Adams. In 1840, it was incorporated as a city.  In the 1850s and 60s, steamboats and railroads linked Quincy to places west and the city saw increased prosperity.  John Wood was voted in as the Governor of Illinois during the time Abraham Lincoln was president.  Quincy is now a city of about 40,600.

History Museum

 We walked down the hill to the bridge on Maine.

 Here is why the bridge is closed.  The river is about to overflow the road.

 Walking back up the hill to our car.

We found this art on the side of the building interesting.

 Continuing on to Wisconsin with a few more detours - next post.